necolas/normalize.css — Issue #85: Should we breakword by default on all links?
Author: Aaunel
Created: 2012-03-08 10:39:23+00:00
State: open

This issue was discussed in a H5BP thread: [Issue #947](//github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/947).

Should the `` tag be formatted with a `{ word-wrap: break-word; }` by default? It seems intuitive, and there doesn't appear to be anything working against it.

__Issue__

* Long words (and links) can sometimes break layout.

__Solution__

* Add `html { word-wrap: break-word; }`

__Pros__

* From a design point-of-view, you'd expect long words to wrap by default.
* There are no known issues in regards to this solution

__Cons__

* It could be questioned why browsers don't behave this way by default in the first place... are we missing something?