Firefox word-break breaks short words at random points

Question

I'm break-wording a container so that extremely long words won't overflow. While Chrome and Safari deal with this really well, it seems that Firefox and IE like to break words randomly - even short words, at the most ridiculous points. See the screenshots below:

Here is the code I'm using to prevent break the words:

.break-word {
-ms-word-break: break-all;
word-break: break-all;
word-break: break-word;
-webkit-hyphens: auto;
-moz-hyphens: auto;
hyphens: auto;
}

This is the the CSS I'm using for the container and the text:

.wrap {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
margin: 40px auto 20px;
padding: 50px;
border: 4px double #f7f7f7;
display: block;
}
.quote-text {
font-size: 40px;
line-height: 50px;
font-weight: 400;
}

HTML

   <div class="wrap break-word">
     <div class="row-fluid quotation-marks">&ldquo;&rdquo;</div>
     <span class="quote-text">
       Having a partner definitely allows you to take more risks.
     </span>
     <span class="author">Arianna Huffington</span>
   </div>

Why is this happening? Any clues on how I could get the words to break normally across all browsers? Firefox is definitely a priority.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You're doubling up on CSS parameters. Try this..

.break-word {
-ms-word-break: break-all;
-ms-word-wrap: break-all;
-webkit-word-break: break-word;
-webkit-word-wrap: break-word;
word-break: break-word;
word-wrap: break-word;
-webkit-hyphens: auto;
-moz-hyphens: auto;
hyphens: auto;
}