| Browser | Internet Explorer | Netscape | Opera | Safari | Firefox | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Supported | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Short information
| CSS | CSS1 |
|---|---|
| Default value | normal |
| Inherited | Yes |
| Applied | To all elements |
| HTML analog | No |
| Reference to specification | http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#propdef-word-spacing |
Description
It determines an interval between words. If the alignment parameter justify is determined, the attribute word-spacing does not operate because the interval between words will be installed compulsorily. It is done for the text line to be aligned on right and left borders.
Syntax
It determines an interval between words. If the alignment parameter justify is determined, the attribute word-spacing does not operate because the interval between words will be installed compulsorily. It is done for the text line to be aligned on right and left borders.
Syntax
word-spacing: value | normal
Arguments
Any units of length accepted in CSS are accepted as values, for example pixels (px), inches (in), points (pt), etc. The parameter value can be negative but it is necessary to check working capacity in different browsers. Percentage record is not applicable. The argument normal determines an interval between words as usually.
Example
Any units of length accepted in CSS are accepted as values, for example pixels (px), inches (in), points (pt), etc. The parameter value can be negative but it is necessary to check working capacity in different browsers. Percentage record is not applicable. The argument normal determines an interval between words as usually.
Example
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <title>word-spacing</title> <style type="text/css"> P { word-spacing: 20px; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diem nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut lacreet dolore magna aliguam erat volutpat.</p> </body> </html> |
The result of this example is shown on the figure 1
