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Word break

The word break class sets the word-break property. It controls how words or unbreakable strings break when reaching the end of a line. Overview
CSS Shortcut class Applied style 
break-normal
 
word-break: normal;
 
break-word
 
word-break: break-word;
 
break-all
 
word-break: break-all;

Examples

Normal
break-normal

These are long words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. This text breaks only at natural breakpoints, like spaces and hyphens. If there are no natural breakpoints, long words may overflow the container. 

<p class="break-normal">
  These are long words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. This text breaks only
  at natural breakpoints, like spaces and hyphens. If there
  are no natural breakpoints, long words may overflow the
  container.
</p>

Word
break-word

These are long words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. This text breaks long words when necessary to prevent overflow, by breaking anywhere within the word if no natural breakpoints (spaces and hyphens) exist. 

<p class="break-word">
  These are long words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. This text breaks long
  words when necessary to prevent overflow, by breaking
  anywhere within the word if no natural breakpoints (spaces
  and hyphens) exist.
</p>

All
break-all

These are long words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. This text breaks at any point, even in the middle of a word. 

<p class="break-all">
  These are long words: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  and Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. This text breaks at any
  point, even in the middle of a word.
</p>
Conditional styling Apply this style to specific screen sizes Use a responsive layout prefix to apply this class only to a specified screen size. The available breakpoints are:
  • xs: > 480px
  • sm: > 640px
  • md: > 768px
  • lg: > 1024px
  • xl: > 1280px
<div class="xs:break-word ...">
  ...
</div>
Learn more about the responsive layout prefix. 2025-10-01