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Posted by Ben C on 08/06/07 21:56
On 2007-08-06, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
> Scripsit Ben C:
>
>>> So I would rather the url be forcefully wrapped to the next line
>>> rather than breaking my display.
> - -
>> The only way to do it is to put a zero-width space between each
>> character (​).
>
> The zero-width space character should not be expected to work consistently
> across browsing situations. In particular, it may well result in the display
> of a symbol for an unrepresentable character, if a browser does not
> recognize the special meaning of the character and does not even find a
> glyph for it in the available fonts.
>
> Note that there is no requirement in HTML specifications that the zero-width
> space be processed in any particular way, except that it be treated as a
> whitespace character. The rules of HTML do not require conformance to the
> Unicode Standard, or its line breaking rules in particular. It's more or
> less the general idea that the zero-width space should be treated as
> allowing a line break, but this is not a requirement.
>
> Using <wbr> is safer, despite being "nonstandard". It works in a great
> majority of browsing situations, and it causes no harm (it is simply
> ignored) when it does not work.
Ah, now I understand. I remember you suggesting <wbr> for this before,
but didn't know why.
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