# hyphens property

The `hyphens` property enables browser hyphenation using the hyphen "-". To support the Russian language, you need to add the `lang="ru"` attribute to the tag to which hyphens are applied (or to the parent of this tag). You can simply add this attribute to the `html` tag. Without this, hyphenation will not work.

## Syntax

`selector { hyphens: auto | manual | none; }`

## Values

Value | Description
--- | ---
`auto` | Places hyphenation marks where necessary.
`manual` | Adds hyphens only in those places where the `wbr` tag or the special character `&shy;` is added and only if necessary. Such hyphens are called soft.
`none` | Cancels hyphenation (words will not be hyphenated, even if there are soft hyphens).

Default value: `manual`.

## The auto value

`<p lang="en"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elitorire aenean a dapibus magna, ac interdum nisl. Suspendisse egetil fringilla nibh, eu commodo arcu. Donec lacinia tempor velite sed tincidunt. Aliquam porttitor nulla purus, vel vulputater ipsum faucibus sed. Phasellus sodales, lorem vel cursus vehi ante purus lacini dui, interdum fringilla massa eros ut duir nullam et ipsum ex. Donec ut iaculis massa. Duis vel ulamcor per dolor. Suspendisse tristique dolor risus, nec laoreet du aliquet maximus. Maecenas tempus congue arcu, si amet auctor dui efficitur in. Proin ac auctor nisi. Phasellus luctus eur neque sollicitudin rutrum. Curabitur ipsum justo, sodales in lectus non, molestie ullamcorper elit, orciro varius natoque. </p>` `p { width: 400px; hyphens: auto; border: 1px solid red; text-align: justify; }`

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## See also

- the `word-break` and `overflow-wrap` properties
  that allow you to move the letters of a long word to a new line
- the `overflow` property
  that cuts off content parts that extend beyond block boundaries

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