How can I wrap or break long text/word in a fixed width span?

December 18, 2022 by Tarik

You can use the CSS property word-wrap:break-word;, which will break words if they are too long for your span width.

span { 
    display:block;
    width:150px;
    word-wrap:break-word;
}

<span>VeryLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongLongExample</span>