[css-text] Prevent line break after hyphen preceded by space
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Description
I want to prevent a line break after a hyphen that is preceded by a space.
So a string like
foo bar -baz
can be broken as
foo bar
-baz
but not
foo bar -
baz
I’m not sure if this can be solved by CSS spec (e.g., a new keyword for hyphens or overflow-wrap, etc.) or if it’s a browser bug: Firefox does like described by default, Chrome doesn’t.
(Demo: https://codepen.io/valtlai/pen/WLRjeo/left/?editors=1100)
Another example
String:
foo -webkit-baz
Allowed:
foo -webkit-
baz
Disallowed:
foo -
webkit-baz
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Research direction
Start with the issue examples and the linked CodePen demo, then read the CSS Text line-breaking rules and the areas mentioned around hyphens, hyphens, and overflow-wrap. Determine whether the requested break behavior belongs in the CSS specification or reflects a browser bug. Done means the expected behavior and an appropriate standards disposition are clearly established.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100