Exploratory tests:
Line-breaking

Updated

These tests allow users to examine how CSS line-breaking features affect text in various languages, as well as default browser behaviour. There is no correct answer for these exploratory tests.

To see the test, click on the link in the left-most column.

Any dependencies are shown in notes above the table, and notes below the table. Where the instructions tell you to look for red characters, these characters should be clearly discernable behind the black text of the test – ignore any anti-aliasing 'glow'.

Key:

pass fail partially successful

Basic

Links to run testsAssertions
Arabic line break
exp-ar-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Arabic text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Amharic line break
exp-am-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Amharic text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Bengali line break
exp-bn-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Bengali text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Hindi line break
exp-hi-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Hindi text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Japanese line break
exp-ja-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Japanese text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Javanese line break
exp-jv-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Javanese text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Javanese line break with ZWSP
exp-jv-line-break-zwsp-000.html
[exploratory] Javanese lines break at ZWSP.
Khmer line break
exp-km-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Khmer text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Lao line break
exp-lo-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Lao text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Mongolian line break
exp-mn-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Mongolian text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Panjabi line break
exp-pa-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Panjabi text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Tamil line break
exp-ta-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Tamil text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Thai line break
exp-th-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Thai text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Tibetan line break
exp-bo-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Tibetan text lines break as expected at the end of a line.
Chinese line break
exp-zh-line-break-000.html
[exploratory] Chinese text lines break as expected at the end of a line.

Textarea

Links to run testsAssertions
Javanese line breaks in textarea
exp-jv-line-break-textarea-000.html
[exploratory] Javanese lines break at orthographic syllable boundaries inside a textarea field.
Khmer line breaks in textarea
exp-km-line-break-textarea-000.html
[exploratory] Khmer lines break at word boundaries inside a textarea field.
Lao line breaks in textarea
exp-lo-line-break-textarea-000.html
[exploratory] Lao lines break at word boundaries inside a textarea field.
Thai line breaks in textarea
exp-th-line-break-textarea-000.html
[exploratory] Thai lines break at word boundaries inside a textarea field.