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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

  <meta charset="UTF-8">

  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

  <title>word-wrap vs overflow-wrap</title>

  <style>

    body {

      font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;

      padding: 1.5rem;

      line-height: 1.5;

      color: #334155;

      background: #f8fafc;

    }



    .demo {

      width: 170px;

      padding: 0.65rem 0.75rem;

      margin-bottom: 1rem;

      border: 1px solid #cbd5e1;

      border-radius: 0.35rem;

      background: #fff;

    }



    .label {

      font-size: 0.75rem;

      font-weight: 700;

      text-transform: uppercase;

      letter-spacing: 0.04em;

      color: #64748b;

      margin-bottom: 0.35rem;

    }



    .legacy { word-wrap: break-word; }

    .modern { overflow-wrap: break-word; }

  </style>

</head>

<body>

  <h1>Legacy vs modern property</h1>

  <div class="demo">

    <div class="label">word-wrap: break-word</div>

    <div class="legacy">Unbreakablestringwithoutspaces</div>

  </div>

  <div class="demo">

    <div class="label">overflow-wrap: break-word</div>

    <div class="modern">Unbreakablestringwithoutspaces</div>

  </div>

</body>

</html>

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CSS word-wrap Property - overflow-wrap equivalent