[whatwg] Interaction of <wbr> and CSS white-space

[Simon Pieters]

On Sat, 14 May 2011 05:49:11 +0200, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky at mit.edu> wrote:

> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/rendering.html#punctuation-and-decorations  
> says this:
>
> "The wbr element is expected to override the 'white-space' property and  
> always provide a line-breaking opportunity."
>
> Why is this desirable?

IIRC Gecko matched the spec at the time wbr was specced. Personally I  
don't mind changing the spec.

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Simon Pieters
Opera Software