HTML <wbr> tag

The <wbr> tag stands for 'Word Break Opportunity' in a string of text. It is useful for very long words such as pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
It is an empty tag so that it does not have an end tag.

Type: Inline Element

Syntax of <wbr> tag

<wbr> Very Long text </wbr>

Supported Browsers

Tag	Chrome	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Opera Mini
<wbr>	1.0 or higher	12.0 or higher	3.0 or higher	4.0 or higher	11.7 or higher

Full code example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p>
 The lung disease cause by inhaling of fine ash and sanddust is pneumonoul<wbr>tramicros<wbr>copic<wbr>silico<wbr>volcano<wbr>coniosis.
</p>
</body>
</html>

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Output on the browser

The lung disease cause by inhaling of fine ash and sanddust is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

More reference

The <wbr> tag is new in HTML5.

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