<p> when text exceeds width, continue in new line

Question

I have the following structure:

<ul>
<li>
<p style="width:10px;">
Text goes here
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="width:10px;">
Text goes here
</p>
</li>
</ul>

When the text of the p exceeds the 10px limit I would like it to continue in a new row.. How do i do that? Thanks

Solution 1

Your example already word-wraps (because<p> is already a block element), if you want to break words, then you could try:

p.letters {
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

Here's a basic working example: http://jsfiddle.net/G9z5M/ (see updates below).

You can play around with it using various techniques:

/* Wraps normally, on whitespace */
p.words {
    word-wrap: normal;
}    

/* Hides non-wrapped letters */
p.hidden {
    overflow: hidden;
}

/* Outputs a single line, doesn't wrap at all */
p.nowrap {
    white-space: nowrap;
}​

See updated fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/G9z5M/1/

Solution 2

For me it worked

white-space: initial;

May be it helps to someone else.

Solution 3

Normaly p elements are block so the width is respected, and it should wrap at 10 pixels.

See http://jsfiddle.net/ejLmu/

If it does not work for you it means that you have some css rules that override the default settings. You either have set display:inline (in which case the width is not respected), or a white-space:nowrap; (which disables the text-wrapping).

Solution 4

I am not sur I do understand your question but with CSS you shoudl try :

word-break: break-all; // normal; // keep-all;

And if you want to hide extra content :

overflow: hidden;

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Comments

[Dragan]

No I would like it to overflow per word

[Mr Lister]

But that's what this example does. I thought you wanted each letter on a new line.

[Mr Lister]

Wait a minute, you mean you want to spread the p over multiple list items? That's not possible. To do that, put each word in a list item of its own by hand (or with Javascript or something).

[aruno]

overflow-wrap property may be what you want if you're finding this question. See stackoverflow.com/a/3059128/16940

[Mr Lister]

p already has display:block, so that won't make a difference.

[th3an0maly]

This works, when combined with max-width: Xpx.