Manual break

Hello,
is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can brake
text when lacking white spaces?

In example I have text:
aaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzzzz

and its displayed in container that (with this font etc) will hold up to 10
characters (or will overflow etc which is bad).

I can insert spaces manually like
aaaaaaaaaa aaammmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmz zzzzzzz
and so on.

But can I insert not a space but some character that will be only used if no
other is suitable to brake the stirng with?

Re: Manual break

Scripsit Rafal Maj:

> Hello,
> is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can
> brake text when lacking white spaces?

There's something, namely the tag, which is widely supported by
browsers though not contained in any specification.

> In example I have text:
> aaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzzzz

Looks somewhat odd. I wonder what it means. Generally, when you have such a
problem, it's best to consider whether the content is meaningful and how it
might be changed.

> and its displayed in container that (with this font etc) will hold up
> to 10 characters (or will overflow etc which is bad).

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
"Then don't do that."

That is, why do you create the problem by squeezing something into a narrow
area where it cannot fit?

More info: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/nobr.html#suggest

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

Re: Manual break

..oO(Rafa³ Maj)

>is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can brake
>text when lacking white spaces?

­

Micha

Re: Manual break

Scripsit Michael Fesser:

> .oO(Rafa³ Maj)
>
>> is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can
>> brake text when lacking white spaces?
>
> ­

That's soft hyphen, which is ignored by Firefox and treated as a
_hyphenation_ hint by most other browsers.

foo­bar produces, when it does not fit,

foo-
bar

(notice the hyphen) whereas foobar produces, when it does not fit,

foo
bar

(notice the lack of hyphen).

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

Re: Manual break

..oO(Jukka K. Korpela)

>Scripsit Michael Fesser:
>
>> .oO(Rafa³ Maj)
>>
>>> is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can
>>> brake text when lacking white spaces?
>>
>> ­
>
>That's soft hyphen, which is ignored by Firefox

Firefox 3 will support it, most other modern browsers already do.

>and treated as a
>_hyphenation_ hint by most other browsers.

Correct, but that's what I think the OP wants. Of course it's just a
guess, but it's the one that makes the most sense to me.

Micha