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Bug 12655 - Suggestion: For <wbr/> tag, include an example of use of <wbr/> in "text-wrap: none" ("white-space: nowrap" or "white-space: pre") content
Summary: Suggestion: For <wbr/> tag, include an example of use of <wbr/> in "text-wrap...
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-05-13 18:19 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-05 09:36 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-05-13 18:19:28 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-wbr-element

Comment:
Suggestion: For <wbr/> tag, include an example of use of <wbr/> in "text-wrap:
none" ("white-space: nowrap" or "white-space: pre") content

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Comment 1 Rob S. 2011-05-13 18:34:40 UTC 
WebKit browsers (Chrome, etc.) support the <wbr/> tag in "text-wrap: none" content in addition to "text-wrap: normal" content. The current example shows <wbr/> being used at non-whitespace locations, since breaks may already occur at spaces in "text-wrap: normal" content.  However, in "text-wrap: none" content ("white-space: nowrap" or "white-space: pre" included), it also makes sense to include "wbr" elements in locations where whitespace appears.

Suggestion: Include an example with "white-space: nowrap" or "white-space: pre", such as:

<p style="white-space: pre">echo ("This is a very long line of computer program code. <wbr/>The author may want to allow it to be displayed across multiple lines, <wbr/>even though it might only be one line of code in the actual program.");</p>

or this example, which makes sure the trailing colon after the hypertext link doesn't get put on a line all by itself and the content inside the "cite" element breaks only at a couple appropriate locations:

<p>One of my favorite quotes from <span style="white-space: nowrap">
   <a href="http://www.Shakespeare-Literature.com/Twelfth_Night/10.html">
      <cite>William Shakespeare <wbr/>Twelfth Night <wbr/>Act II Scene 5</cite></a>:</span>
</p>
<blockquote
   cite="http://www.Shakespeare-Literature.com/Twelfth_Night/10.html"
>In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness:
   some are born great, some achieve greatness,
   and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
</blockquote>
Comment 2 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:02:39 UTC 
mass-moved component to LC1
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-04 06:36:54 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Comment 4 contributor 2011-08-04 06:38:00 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6363.
Check-in comment: Add an example for <wbr>.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6362&to=6363
Comment 5 Rob S. 2011-08-04 11:23:49 UTC 
Thanks!
Comment 6 Ms2ger 2011-08-05 09:36:55 UTC 
Moving back to LC1 component and interpreting comment 5 as commenter satisfaction.