Text Wrap

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Basic usage

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Wrap

Use text-wrap to wrap overflowing text onto multiple lines at logical points in the text.

<article class="text-wrap ...">
  <h3>...<h3>
  <p>...</p>
</article>

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No Wrap

Use text-nowrap to allow text to overflow its container rather than wrapping onto a new line.

<article class="text-nowrap ...">
  <h3>...<h3>
  <p>...</p>
</article>

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Balance

Use text-balance to balance the number of characters on each line.

<article class="text-balance ...">
  <h3>...<h3>
  <p>...</p>
</article>

Due to performance limitations, browsers limit text-balance to blocks that are ~6 lines or less - making it mainly useful for balancing large headlines.

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Pretty

Use text-pretty to prevent orphans (a single word on its own line) at the end of a text block.

<article class="text-pretty ...">
  <h3>...<h3>
  <p>...</p>
</article>

Because text-pretty is only applied to the final few lines of a paragraph it can be used on text blocks of any length - making it suitable for much longer text blocks than text-balance.

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Applying conditionally

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Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:text-balance to only apply the text-balance utility on hover.

<h1 class="text-wrap hover:text-balance">
  <!-- ... -->
</h1>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

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Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:text-balance to apply the text-balance utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<h1 class="text-wrap md:text-balance">
  <!-- ... -->
</h1>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.