jaraco / jaraco/cssutils

Missing CSS property: overflow-wrap

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Description

### Description
`overflow-wrap` is not in the known properties list, causing the following warning:

`Property: Unknown Property name. [overflow-wrap]`

### Background
`overflow-wrap` was standardized in **CSS Text Module Level 3** as the official
replacement for the IE-era `word-wrap` property. It has been supported in all
major browsers since 2017 and is defined here:
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#overflow-wrap-property

### Suggested Fix
Add `overflow-wrap` to the `CSS Text Level 3` profile in `cssutils/profiles.py`:

```python
# CSS Text Level 3
properties[Profiles.CSS3_TEXT] = {
...
'overflow-wrap': 'normal|break-word|anywhere|inherit|initial|unset',
'word-wrap': 'normal|break-word|inherit|initial|unset', # legacy alias
}
```

### Workaround
Users can currently work around this by manually registering the property:

```python
import cssutils
cssutils.profile.addProfile(
'overflow-wrap support',
{'overflow-wrap': 'normal|break-word|anywhere|inherit|initial|unset'},
{}
)
```

### Environment
- cssutils version: 2.15.0
- Python version: 3.x

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Research direction

Open cssutils/profiles.py and read the CSS3_TEXT profile where the known property names and value patterns are defined. Add the missing property entry there, then verify that overflow-wrap is recognized without the unknown-property warning and accepts the values described in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css, python
Domain
tooling, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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