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CSS Enhancing Design with CSS Styling Text Text Shadows

Posted by Louis Levine
Louis Levine
4,661 Points

Hello, the rule hyphens: auto; doesn't work no matter what, could someone please explain why?

I even checked Anwar's complete HTML/CSS file by inspecting it with device toolbar and yet it still doesn't show hyphens. Could there be something wrong with my browser? Thanks.

Darrin Fagley
Darrin Fagley
12,432 Points

Could be the size of your browser window, if it is big enough that all the lines are fitting on the same line there would be no hyphens. Have you tried viewing it at different screen sizes?

3 Answers

Anwar Montasir
STAFF
Anwar Montasir
Treehouse Teacher
Anwar Montasir
Anwar Montasir
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Tuvia,

According to Can I use... older versions of Chrome don't support hyphens on platforms other than Android and Mac, so it might depend on the browser and machine you're using.

Jordan Davis
Jordan Davis
7,696 Points
Jordan Davis
Jordan Davis
7,696 Points

i managed to get the hyphens to work on my google chrome browser, using the follow along code provided in the video. pretty sure my browser is up to date but it all worked fine.

without seeing your code its hard to say what the problem could be.

Louis Levine
Louis Levine
4,661 Points
Louis Levine
Louis Levine
4,661 Points

Unfortunately, neither answer worked but I know for a fact it has something to do with my machine/browser so I'm not too worried. Thanks Guys!

Thomas Bathurst
Thomas Bathurst
1,576 Points

If it makes you feel any better, it doesn't work on my machine/browser either. I have tried using both up to date versions of Chrome and Edge, same result on both, even though according to the Can I use... website linked above, they should both be compatible.