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text-wrap

Utilities for controlling how text wraps within an element.

Quick reference

ClassStyles
text-wraptext-wrap: wrap;
text-nowraptext-wrap: nowrap;
text-balancetext-wrap: balance;
text-prettytext-wrap: pretty;

Source: https://tailwindcss.com/guide/text-wrap

Examples

Allowing text to wrap

Use the text-wrap utility to allow text to wrap:

html
<article class="text-wrap ...">
  <h3>Beloved Manhattan soup stand closes</h3>
  <p>New Yorkers are facing the winter chill...</p>
</article>

Preventing text from wrapping

Use the text-nowrap utility to prevent text from wrapping:

html
<article class="text-nowrap ...">
  <h3>Beloved Manhattan soup stand closes</h3>
  <p>New Yorkers are facing the winter chill...</p>
</article>

Balanced text wrapping

Use the text-balance utility to balance text wrapping:

html
<h3 class="text-balance ...">Beloved Manhattan soup stand closes</h3>

Pretty text wrapping

Use the text-pretty utility to enable pretty text wrapping:

html
<h3 class="text-pretty ...">Beloved Manhattan soup stand closes</h3>

Responsive design

Prefix a text-wrap utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

html
<h1 class="text-pretty md:text-balance ...">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</h1>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

Released under the MIT License.