Question

If I have a very long string (without spaces!). Can I force the browser to line break it, for example, in a table’s td via CSS. Width does not seem to have any effect.

Note: I know it is very unlikely for someone to submit a long string without spaces but you never know …

I tried:

.gridrow td
{
    padding: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    word-wrap: break-word; 
}

and I use FF as my browser. word-wrap only seems to be used in CSS3?

Answer 1

I think what you mean is in CSS:

#id
{
  max-width: 100px; /*or whatever*/
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

Tested on your site with Firebug, it works.

Reference article.