hyphens
The hyphens property specifies whether hyphenation is enabled.
Formal Syntax
Browser Support
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox | Safari | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hyphens | 55 | 43 | 17 | 79 |
| auto | 88 | 6 | 5.1 | 88 |
| language_afrikaans | 112 | 8 | — | 112 |
| language_albanian | 112 | — | — | 112 |
| language_amharic | 112 | — | — | 112 |
| language_armenian | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_assamese | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_basque | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_belarusian | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_bengali | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_bosnian | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_bulgarian | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_catalan | — | 8 | 5.1 | — |
| language_croatian | 87 | 8 | 9.1 | 87 |
| language_cyrillic_mongolian | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_czech | 112 | 130 | 9.1 | 112 |
| language_danish | 87 | 8 | 5.1 | 87 |
| language_dutch | 112 | 8 | 5.1 | 112 |
| language_english | 55 | 6 | 5.1 | 12 |
| language_esperanto | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_estonian | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_ethiopic_script_mul | 112 | — | — | 112 |
| language_ethiopic_script_und | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_finnish | — | 8 | 9.1 | — |
| language_french | 87 | 8 | 5.1 | 87 |
| language_galician | 112 | 9 | — | 112 |
| language_georgian | 112 | — | — | 112 |
| language_german_reformed_orthography | 87 | 8 | 5.1 | 87 |
| language_german_swiss_orthography | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_german_traditional_orthography | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_gujarati | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_hindi | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_hungarian | 87 | 9 | 9.1 | 87 |
| language_icelandic | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_interlingua | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_irish | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_italian | 112 | 9 | 5.1 | 112 |
| language_kannada | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_kurmanji | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_latin | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_latvian | 112 | — | — | 112 |
| language_lithuanian | 112 | 8 | — | 112 |
| language_malayalam | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_marathi | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_modern_greek | 112 | — | — | 112 |
| language_mongolian | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_norwegian_nn | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_norwegian_no | 87 | 8 | 5.1 | 87 |
| language_old_slavonic | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_oriya | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_polish | — | 31 | 9.1 | — |
| language_portuguese | 87 | 8 | 9.1 | 87 |
| language_punjabi | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_russian | 112 | 8 | 5.1 | 112 |
| language_slovak | 112 | 130 | — | 112 |
| language_slovenian | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| language_spanish | 87 | 8 | 5.1 | 87 |
| language_swedish | 112 | 8 | 5.1 | 112 |
| language_tamil | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_telugu | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_turkish | — | 9 | 5.1 | — |
| language_turkmen | 87 | — | — | 87 |
| language_ukrainian | 112 | 9 | 9.1 | 112 |
| language_upper_sorbian | — | 8 | — | — |
| language_welsh | 87 | 8 | — | 87 |
| manual | 88 | 6 | 5.1 | 88 |
| none | 88 | 6 | 5.1 | 88 |
Related Properties
- alignment-baseline
- baseline-shift
- baseline-source
- color
- dominant-baseline
- hanging-punctuation
- hyphenate-character
- hyphenate-limit-chars
- initial-letter
- letter-spacing
- line-break
- line-clamp
- line-height
- orphans
- overflow-wrap
- quotes
- ruby-align
- ruby-overhang
- ruby-position
- tab-size
- text-align
- text-align-last
- text-anchor
- text-autospace
- text-box
- text-box-edge
- text-box-trim
- text-indent
- text-justify
- text-overflow
- text-rendering
- text-transform
- text-wrap
- text-wrap-mode
- text-wrap-style
- vertical-align
- white-space
- white-space-collapse
- widows
- word-break
- word-spacing
- text-size-adjust 🧪
- text-spacing-trim 🧪
- hyphenate-limit-last 🚧
- hyphenate-limit-lines 🚧
- hyphenate-limit-zone 🚧
- initial-letter-align 🚧
- initial-letter-wrap 🚧
- line-fit-edge 🚧
- line-grid 🚧
- line-height-step 🚧
- line-padding 🚧
- line-snap 🚧
- ruby-merge 🚧
- text-align-all 🚧
- text-group-align 🚧
- text-spacing 🚧
- white-space-trim 🚧
- word-space-transform 🚧
- word-wrap 🚧