HTML wbr Tag

Example

A text with word break opportunities:

<p>
To learn AJAX, you must be familiar with the XML<wbr>Http<wbr>Request Object.
</p>

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Definition and Usage

The <wbr> (Word Break Opportunity) tag specifies where in a text it would be ok to add a line-break.

Tip: When a word is too long, or you are afraid that the browser will break your lines at the wrong place, you can use the <wbr> element to add word break opportunities.

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.

Element
<wbr>	1.0	12.0	3.0	4.0	11.7

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Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <wbr> tag is new in HTML5.

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Global Attributes

The <wbr> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

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Event Attributes

The <wbr> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.