Hyphenation of long words in emails

  • Resolved perlfan

    (@perlfan)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    Hi there, in German, there are lot’s of long words like übersetzungsbestellung. Now I would like to activate hyphenation for emails, to get e.g.:
    übersetzungs-
    bestellung

    I’ve found the code below for websites, however it has no effect on emails. Thanks for help. Frank

    body { -ms-hyphens: auto; /* ab IE10 */ -moz-hyphens: auto; /* seit Firefox 6 */ -webkit-hyphens: auto; /* seit Safari 5.1 (OS X), Safari 4.1 (iOS) */ hyphens: auto; }

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  • Hi @perlfan

    Thanks for reaching out!

    Unfortunately, email clients handle CSS differently from web browsers, and many of them don’t support all CSS properties, including the hyphenation property you’re using. This is likely why the code isn’t having any effect on your emails.

    While some email clients do support basic hyphenation, there’s no universal solution that will work for all of them. As such, you might consider manually adding hyphens to your long words where appropriate. I understand this isn’t ideal, but it’s currently the most reliable way to ensure your words are hyphenated in all email clients.

    Hope this helps!

    Thread Starter perlfan

    (@perlfan)

    Ok, thank you. Frank

    Hi @perlfan

    You are most welcome here.

    Meanwhile, I will be marking this thread as resolved. Should you have further inquiries, kindly create a new topic here.

    Thanks!

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