hyphenate-limit-chars

Summary

Specifies the minimum number of characters in a hyphenated word

Overview table

Initial value

auto

Applies to

All elements

Inherited

Yes

Media

visual

Computed value

specified value

Animatable

No

CSS Object Model Property

hyphenateLimitChars

Percentages

N/A

Syntax

• hyphenate-limit-chars: integer
• hyphenate-limit-chars: auto

Values

auto

Corresponds to a value of 5 2 2, indicating a 5-character word limit, 2 characters required before a hyphenation break, and 2 characters required following a hyphenation break.

integer

One to three integer values, corresponding to the word limit, the minimum number of characters required before a hyphenation break, and the minimum number of characters required following a hyphenation break, respectively.

If the third value is missing it is equal to the second.

If the second and third values are missing they are given a value of auto.

Negative values are not allowed.

Examples

/* Only hyphenate words with >= 6 characters,
   leave at least 3 characters before the hyphen and at least 2 after it */
hyphenate-limit-chars: 6 3 2;

Related specifications

CSS Text Level 4

W3C Editor’s Draft

See also

Related articles

Text

• block-progression

• font-language-override

• font-size

• hyphenate-limit-chars

• hyphenate-limit-lines

• hyphenate-limit-zone

• hyphens

• ime-mode

• layout-grid

• layout-grid-char

• layout-grid-line

• layout-grid-mode

• layout-grid-type

• letter-spacing

• text-overflow-ellipsis

• text-overflow-mode

• text-rendering

• user-modify

• Text

• size

• b

• b

• br

• br

• caption

• cite

• code

• del

• dfn

• em

• font

• hr

• i

• ins

• kbd

• mark

• samp

• strong

• Achieving typographic effects with the canvas tag

Related pages

• CSSStyleDeclarationCSSStyleDeclaration

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]