Question

I have a much longer string of numbers randomly generated. I am displaying it in one div block. As it is much longer single string. It is being written in one single line.

For example:

String str="13,7,5,1,10,7,18,11,17,10,9,16,17,9,6,19,6,13,2,18,6,9,8,5,15,4,17,16,12,8,19,16,5,9,6,16,16,5,16,12,0,14,7,11,12,11,12,16,8,3,16,3,1,10,4,14,5,9,4,3,8,3,0,19,5,7,8,7,13,14,4,3,12,6,5,19,17,3,3,19,0,4,14,8,15,17,14,5,9,3,9,19,18,8,10,0,6,1,18,16,3,16,10,9,15,10,4,7,1,7,11,6,11,16,4,11,10,1,0,15,16,19,6,15,18,14,16,16,5,17,9,19,12,7,14,14,11,19,18,10,9,5,11,2,9,0,3,15,14,1,7,14,12,17,1,10,14,5,17,16,19,10,12,6,19,16,5,19,10,9,18,14,11,9,1,18,0,10,0,19,7,17,2,4,14,2,1,3,9,17,11,7,12,4,7,5,17,2,1,6,19,14,5,3,2,6";

<div id='row' style='width:100px;height:500px;'>

</div>

I have set the fixed width to div block. I want to display this longer string in multiple rows,rather than displaying in one line.

I tried css 'text-wrap:normal'. It doesn’t work. Actually, this property doesn’t work in all browsers.

Answer 1

use the word-wrap:break-word; css style:

<div id='row' style='word-wrap:break-word;'>
13,7,5,1,10,7,18,11,17,10,9,16,17,9,6,19,6,13,2,18,6,9,8,5,15,4,17,16,12,8,19,16,5,9,6,16,16,5,16,12,0,14,7,11,12,11,12,16,8,3,16,3,1,10,4,14,5,9,4,3,8,3,0,19,5,7,8,7,13,14,4,3,12,6,5,19,17,3,3,19,0,4,14,8,15,17,14,5,9,3,9,19,18,8,10,0,6,1,18,16,3,16,10,9,15,10,4,7,1,7,11,6,11,16,4,11,10,1,0,15,16,19,6,15,18,14,16,16,5,17,9,19,12,7,14,14,11,19,18,10,9,5,11,2,9,0,3,15,14,1,7,14,12,17,1,10,14,5,17,16,19,10,12,6,19,16,5,19,10,9,18,14,11,9,1,18,0,10,0,19,7,17,2,4,14,2,1,3,9,17,11,7,12,4,7,5,17,2,1,6,19,14,5,3,2,6
</div>​

LIVE Demo

MDN docs:

The word-wrap CSS property is used to to specify whether or not the browser is allowed to break lines within words in order to prevent overflow when an otherwise unbreakable string is too long to fit.

About the text-wrap that you tried: I could not find it in MDN!, but found this in w3school:

“The text-wrap property is not supported in any of the major browsers.”