1. Typography
  2. hyphens

Typography

hyphens

Utilities for controlling how words should be hyphenated.

ClassStyles
hyphens-none
hyphens: none;
hyphens-manual
hyphens: manual;
hyphens-auto
hyphens: auto;

Examples

Preventing hyphenation

Use the hyphens-none utility to prevent words from being hyphenated even if the line break suggestion ­ is used:

Officially recognized by the Duden dictionary as the longest word in German, Kraftfahrzeug­haftpflichtversicherung is a 36 letter word for motor vehicle liability insurance.

<p class="hyphens-none">  ... Kraftfahrzeug&shy;haftpflichtversicherung is a ...</p>

Manual hyphenation

Use the hyphens-manual utility to only set hyphenation points where the line break suggestion &shy; is used:

Officially recognized by the Duden dictionary as the longest word in German, Kraftfahrzeug­haftpflichtversicherung is a 36 letter word for motor vehicle liability insurance.

<p class="hyphens-manual">  ... Kraftfahrzeug&shy;haftpflichtversicherung is a ...</p>

This is the default browser behavior.

Automatic hyphenation

Use the hyphens-auto utility to allow the browser to automatically choose hyphenation points based on the language:

Officially recognized by the Duden dictionary as the longest word in German, Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung is a 36 letter word for motor vehicle liability insurance.

<p class="hyphens-auto" lang="de">  ... Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung is a ...</p>

The line break suggestion &shy; will be preferred over automatic hyphenation points.

Responsive design

Prefix a hyphens utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<p class="hyphens-none md:hyphens-auto ...">  <!-- ... --></p>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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