Revision 645443 of line-break

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 {{CSSRef}}{{SeeCompatTable}}</div>
<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The <code>line-break</code> CSS property is used to specify how (or if) to break lines.</p>
<div>
 {{cssbox("line-break")}}</div>
<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>
<pre class="twopartsyntaxbox">
<a href="/en-US/docs/CSS/Value_definition_syntax" title="CSS/Value_definition_syntax">Formal syntax</a>: {{csssyntax("line-break")}}
</pre>
<pre>
line-break: auto
line-break: loose
line-break: normal
line-break: strict

line-break: inherit
</pre>
<h3 id="Values">Values</h3>
<dl>
 <dt>
  <code>auto</code></dt>
 <dd>
  break text using&nbsp; the default line break rule.</dd>
 <dt>
  <code>loose</code></dt>
 <dd>
  break text using the line break rule that the line is shorter like a newspaper.</dd>
 <dt>
  <code>normal</code></dt>
 <dd>
  break text using the common line break rule.</dd>
 <dt>
  <code>strict</code></dt>
 <dd>
  break text using the stringent line break rule.</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>
<p>{{todo}}</p>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Text', '#line-break-property', 'line-break')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Text')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div>
 {{CompatibilityTable}}</div>
<div id="compat-desktop">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Chrome</th>
    <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
    <th>Internet Explorer</th>
    <th>Opera</th>
    <th>Safari</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>1.0</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}} {{ bug("1011369") }}</td>
    <td>5.5</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Android</th>
    <th>Chrome for Android</th>
    <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
    <th>IE Mobile</th>
    <th>Opera Mobile</th>
    <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>18.0</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}} {{ bug("1011369") }}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<ul>
 <li>IE8 introduced<code> -ms-line-break </code>as a synonym for<code> line-break</code>. Don't use the <code>-ms-</code> prefix.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
 <li>{{CSS_Reference:Text}}</li>
</ul>