Word-wrap not working in Internet Explorer

17
votes

When I'm using word-wrap:break-word with Browser Mode: IE9 Compatibility View and Document Mode: IE7 standards its working perfectly fine. However when I change the Document Mode: IE9 standards, its not working. I've also tried using -ms-word-wrap:break-word however its giving me the same result.

Document Type Definition: DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd

Can anyone tell me why is it so and if there is any workaround to cope up with it ?

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cssinternet-explorerinternet-explorer-9word-wrapxhtml-transitional
Markup? CSS? You're giving us nothing here. - SomeShinyObject
Sounds familiar. Might try some of these ideas: stackoverflow.com/questions/8394685/… stackoverflow.com/questions/13903590/… - showdev
Put it in your question. - SomeShinyObject
@showdev didn't worked ! - dShringi
Create a jsfiddle with an example of your code to see what you have done. Only giving us the doctype is not helping us to help you. - seemly

7 Answers

18
votes

you need to have

table {
    width:100%;
    table-layout:fixed;
}

and put word-wrap in table,td,th not into span

http://jsfiddle.net/d6VsD/7/

15
votes

applying word-wrap property to parent of the concerned element will resolved the problem in IE9.

9
votes

try it this way

  .table tr td { 
               word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;
               }
8
votes

In my case, IE did not respect the word break style until I made the span render as inline-block. 

.selector{
    display: inline-block;
    word-break: break-all;
    overflow-wrap: break-word; /* For other browsers*/
}
3
votes
-ms-word-break: break-all;

works in > IE9

1
votes

Adding -ms-word-break: break-word; worked for me.

0
votes

it should work, .your_class_name{word-break:break-word;}, i have tested it in ie7 - ie9 and it breaks the word...