overflow-wrap

The overflow-wrap CSS property breaks a line of text onto multiple lines inside the targeted element in an otherwise unbreakable place to prevent overflow. The legacy property is word-wrap.

Baseline Status: Achieved Widely Available on Apr 2, 2021 (Cross-browser Newly Available since Oct 2, 2018).

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

23

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

49

Supported

Apple Safari

7

Supported

Microsoft Edge

18

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

25

Firefox Android

49

Safari iOS

7

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Can I Use (wordwrap) ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

css.properties.overflow-wrap ↗ css.properties.overflow-wrap.anywhere ↗ css.properties.overflow-wrap.break-word ↗ css.properties.overflow-wrap.normal ↗