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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions scss/_utilities.scss
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Expand Up @@ -565,6 +565,14 @@ $utilities: map-merge(
nowrap: nowrap,
)
),
"text-wrap": (
property: text-wrap,
class: text,
values: (
balance: balance,
pretty: pretty,
)
),
"word-wrap": (
property: word-wrap word-break,
class: text,
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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions site/src/content/docs/utilities/text.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Note that we don’t provide utility classes for justified text. While, aestheti

Wrap text with a `.text-wrap` class.

<Example code={`<div class="badge text-bg-primary text-wrap" style="width: 6rem;">
This text should wrap.
<Example code={`<div class="text-wrap bg-body-secondary border" style="width: 8rem;">
This snippet of text should wrap.
</div>`} />

Prevent text from wrapping with a `.text-nowrap` class.
Expand All @@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ Prevent text from wrapping with a `.text-nowrap` class.
This text should overflow the parent.
</div>`} />

Use `.text-balance` to balance evenly distribute text across multiple lines. This is computationally expensive and is thus limited by the Chromium to six lines and by Firefox to ten lines.

<Example code={`<div class="text-balance mx-auto" style="width: 20rem;">
This text should be balanced. Here we’re writing a longer snippet of text to form a paragraph and demonstrate how the text wraps.
</div>`} />

Use `.text-pretty` to prevent single words their own line (orphans). **Pretty text wrapping is not fully supported in Safari and Firefox at the moment.**
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Maybe add a link to the Can I Use entry for this?
https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_properties_text-wrap_pretty


<Example code={`<div class="text-pretty mx-auto" style="width: 20rem;">
This text should be pretty. Here we’re writing a longer snippet of text to form a paragraph and demonstrate how the text wraps.
</div>`} />

## Word break

Prevent long strings of text from breaking your components’ layout by using `.text-break` to set `word-wrap: break-word` and `word-break: break-word`. We use `word-wrap` instead of the more common `overflow-wrap` for wider browser support, and add the deprecated `word-break: break-word` to avoid issues with flex containers.
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