Integrated: JDK-8266779: Use <wbr> instead of ZERO_WIDTH_SPACE

Hannes Wallnöfer hannesw at openjdk.java.net
Mon May 10 20:30:37 UTC 2021


On Mon, 10 May 2021 10:20:47 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This replaces usages of the zero-width space character (ZWSP, entity `​`) with the HTML5 `<wbr>` element. `<wbr>` acts as a word break opportunity without adding characters to the text content like ZWSP does. It is supported in all modern browsers, the only browser I  know of which doesn't support is are old versions of Internet Explorer. 
> 
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/wbr
> https://caniuse.com/wbr-element
> 
> I have tested the output (both layout and copy-paste behaviour) on Firefox, Safari, and Chrome on Mac OS X.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 8851cb65
Author:    Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/8851cb653ff932758ef6408ff010b67200954eff
Stats:     380 lines in 25 files changed: 16 ins; 9 del; 355 mod

8266779: Use <wbr> instead of ZERO_WIDTH_SPACE

Reviewed-by: prappo

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3946


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