hyphenation

The hyphenation object specifies the default hyphenation properties to be applied to the content of an enclosing container.

Hierarchy of objects

Model

Child objects

Form Model

None

Parent class

node class class

Properties

Name

Description

Type

Access

excludeAllCaps

Specifies whether or not to hyphenate words consisting entirely of capital letters.

String

Read/Write

excludeInitialCap

Specifies whether or not to hyphenate words that begin with a capital letter.

String

Read/Write

hyphenate

Controls whether hyphenation is allowed.

String

Read/Write

ladderCount

Specifies the maximum number of consecutive hyphenated lines that may be generated.

String

Read/Write

pushCharacterCount

Specifies the minimum number of grapheme clusters, exclusive of any hyphen glyphs added to the start of the next line, allowed in a suffix for the hyphenation point to be considered. If the suffix is too short, the candidate is rejected.

String

Read/Write

remainCharacterCount

Specifies the minimum number of grapheme clusters, exclusive of any hyphen glyphs added to the end of the line, allowed in a prefix for the hyphenation point to be considered. If the prefix is too short, the candidate is rejected.

String

Read/Write

use

Invokes a prototype.

String

Read /Write

usehref

Invokes an external prototype.

String

Read /Write

wordCharacterCount

Specifies the minimum number of grapheme clusters that must be present in a word in order for it to be eligible for hyphenation. Words with fewer clusters will not be hyphenated.

String

Read/Write

Methods

None

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