Intended audience: users, XHTML/HTML coders (using editors or scripting), script developers (PHP, JSP, etc.), CSS coders, Web project managers, and anyone who wants to know how well browsers support the line breaking properties of Unicode characters.
These tests check the default behavior of characters against the expectations in the Unicode Standard Annex #14 (Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm), version 6.1.0. The two-letter abbreviations are conventions for property names in the Unicode Standard. Non-tailorable characters have normative behavior in the Unicode Standard that applies in all normal circumstances. For more information about expected line break behavior and line break classes, see Unicode Standard Annex #14 Line Breaking Properties.
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| Assertion | Gecko | Presto | Trident | WebKit | Detailed results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U+0020 SPACE | When white-space allows wrapping, line breaking behavior defined for the WJ, ZW, and GL line-breaking classes in [UAX14] must be honored. | line-break-001 | ||||
| U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE | When white-space allows wrapping, line breaking behavior defined for the WJ, ZW, and GL line-breaking classes in [UAX14] must be honored. | line-break-002 |
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All browsers handled non-tailorable spaces as expected.
| Assertion | Gecko | Presto | Trident | WebKit | Detailed results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-120 | ||||
| U+202F NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-121 | ||||
| U+180E MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-122 | ||||
| U+034F COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-123 | ||||
| U+2007 FIGURE SPACE | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-124 | ||||
| U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-125 | ||||
| U+0F08 TIBETAN MARK SBRUL SHAD | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-126 | ||||
| U+0F0C TIBETAN MARK DELIMITER TSHEG BSTAR | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-127 | ||||
| U+0F12 TIBETAN MARK RGYA GRAM SHAD | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the GL non-breaking property. | line-break-128 |
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Opera support for the nine non-breaking characters was particularly poor. It supported only U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE.
Only Chrome and Safari supported the Tibetan characters.
| Assertion | Gecko | Presto | Trident | WebKit | Detailed results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U+2060 WORD JOINER | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the WJ Word Joiner property. | line-break-130 | ||||
| U+FEFF ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE | The browser will NOT break a line of text containing any Unicode character with the WJ Word Joiner property. | line-break-131 |
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The two word joiners were supported by all browsers tested except Opera, which failed to support either.