Text Wrapping is NOT Hard 🎯

Here's proof that modern CSS handles text wrapping beautifully

1. Basic Text Wrap (Just Works™)

This text automatically wraps when it reaches the container boundary. No JavaScript needed. No complex calculations. It just works. 这是中文文本,也可以自动换行,没有任何问题。日本語のテキストも自動的に折り返されます。

/* That's it. Literally nothing special needed */ .container { width: 300px; }

2. Text Wrap Around Image (float)

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This text wraps beautifully around the image using a simple float. The text flows naturally around the floated element. 文字会自动环绕图片,这是CSS最基本的功能之一。Frontend developers have been doing this since the 90s!

img { float: left; margin-right: 10px; }

3. Fancy Shape Wrapping (shape-outside)

This text wraps around a circular shape! Modern CSS can wrap text around ANY shape - circles, polygons, even custom paths. 这不是什么黑魔法,就是一行CSS。The shape-outside property makes this trivial.

.circle { float: left; shape-outside: circle(50%); }

4. Flexbox DOES Wrap (flex-wrap)

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.container { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; /* 就这一行!*/ }

5. Grid Auto-Wrap (auto-fit/auto-fill)

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.container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(100px, 1fr)); }

6. Dynamic Textbox (The "Impossible" Use Case)

Type in the box - text wraps automatically as you type!

/* Native textarea behavior - no JS needed for wrapping */ textarea { width: 100%; resize: both; }

7. Breaking Long Words

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and 这是一个超级超级超级超级超级超级长的中文词语

.container { word-wrap: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; }

8. Newspaper-Style Columns

This text automatically flows into multiple columns like a newspaper. When one column fills up, the text continues in the next column. 这种多栏布局在CSS中只需要一行代码就能实现。No JavaScript. No complex calculations. Pure CSS magic that has been supported for years.

.container { column-count: 3; column-gap: 20px; }

9. Container-Responsive Wrapping

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Resize the container above (drag the corner) - items wrap based on container size!

@container (max-width: 300px) { .items { flex-direction: column; } }