Is there a way to word-wrap long words in a div?

Question

I know Internet Explorer has a word-wrap style, but I'd like to know if there is a cross-browser method of doing so to text in a div.

Preferably CSS but JavaScript snippets would work ok too.

edit: Yeah, referring to long strings, cheers folks!

Answer 1

Reading the original comment, rutherford is looking for a cross-browser way to wrap unbroken text (inferred by his use of word-wrap for IE, designed to break unbroken strings).

/* Source: http://snipplr.com/view/10979/css-cross-browser-word-wrap */ .wordwrap {     white-space: pre-wrap;      /* CSS3 */       white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; /* Firefox */        white-space: -pre-wrap;     /* Opera <7 */       white-space: -o-pre-wrap;   /* Opera 7 */        word-wrap: break-word;      /* IE */ } 

I've used this class for a bit now, and works like a charm. (note: I've only tested in FireFox and IE)

Answer 2

Most of the previous answer didn't work for me in Firefox 38.0.5. This did...

<div style='padding: 3px; width: 130px; word-break: break-all; word-wrap: break-word;'>     // Content goes here </div> 

Documentation:

• word-break
• word-wrap