Bug 195345

Summary: Implement "overflow-wrap: anywhere"
Product: WebKit Reporter: Javier Fernandez <jfernandez>
Component: TextAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: Normal CC: ahmad.saleem792, chatoo2412, cyb.ai.815, dregad, fantasai.bugs, florian, jfernandez, karlcow, mmaxfield, nanto, sam, timdream, webkit-bug-importer
Priority: P2 Keywords: InRadar
Version: WebKit Nightly Build   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
See Also: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=905315
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505786
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227695
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=229347
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 83934    

Javier Fernandez
Reported 2019-03-05 16:09:12 PST
The CSS WG has resolved [1] add a deprecated note to prevent the usage of 'overflow-wrap: break-word' in favor of 'overflow-wrap: anywhere'. The new value is described as follows: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#valdef-overflow-wrap-anywhere [1] https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/2390
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Javier Fernandez
Comment 1 2019-03-29 07:45:11 PDT
Firefox already shipped this feature - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1505786 Chrome plans to implement this feature - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=905315
Javier Fernandez
Comment 2 2019-10-02 09:25:08 PDT
I have sent the "intent to implement" request for Blink. Showing some public support in this bug would help to get the request approved.
Myles C. Maxfield
Comment 3 2019-12-10 15:15:24 PST
Implementing this is a good idea. (You can consider this "public support.") We already implement (the deprecated) word-break:break-word, which is defined[1] to "have the same effect as word-break: normal and overflow-wrap: anywhere." Therefore, implementing this should be fairly straightforward. From looking at WebKit source code (RenderStyle::breakWords()), it appears that word-break:break-word is currently treated identically to overflow-wrap:break-word, which I think is incorrect according to the spec text quoted above. It would be cool if this project fixed this, too (though, of course, fixing this could be tracked in a separate bug). [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#word-break-property
Florian Rivoal
Comment 4 2020-01-20 04:08:23 PST
@Myles, The wrapping behavior of word-break:break-word / overflow-wrap: anywhere is the same as that of overflow-wrap:break-word, but the effect on intrinsic sizing is different. A quick bit of testing shows that safari has the expected sizing behavior difference between word-break:break-word and overflow-wrap:break-word. To test, you can try this: <section style=width:0> <div style=float:left>longword</div> </section> If you put overflow-wrap:break-word on the div, the longword will not wrap, but if you put word-break:break-word instead, it will.
Radar WebKit Bug Importer
Comment 5 2021-05-10 15:10:44 PDT
dregad
Comment 6 2021-07-14 15:14:16 PDT
It would be really nice to see this implemented so it can be used across the board - other major browsers support this since 2019 (Firefox) / 2020 (Chrome, Edge). https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_properties_overflow-wrap_anywhere Cheers
nanto_vi (TOYAMA Nao)
Comment 7 2022-09-14 18:37:31 PDT
Ahmad Saleem
Comment 8 2023-12-14 11:48:05 PST
I think this is implemented and we pass 'WPT' tests as well: https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-text/overflow-wrap?label=master&label=experimental&aligned=&q=overflow-wrap-anywhere Do we need anything more here?
Frances Cornwall
Comment 9 2024-07-01 18:27:23 PDT
`overflow-wrap: anywhere` is implemented, and `overflow-wra: break-word` is still supported.
Karl Dubost
Comment 11 2024-07-01 18:32:16 PDT
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 227695 ***
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