B.95. ruby-overhang

Ruby text is a new addition in the XHTML 1.1 recommendation and is described by the Ruby Annotation Recommendation of the W3C. Commonly used in Japan and China, ruby text generally appears in a smaller font over the main text as a pronunciation guide, or to provide some other explanatory annotation.

This property controls whether ruby text is allowed to extend over adjacent text or whitespace, if it is longer than the base text it annotates.

Inherited: No

See also: Section B.94ruby-align, Section B.96ruby-position

B.95.1. Value

This property accepts any of the following constants:

  • auto

  • none

  • whitespace

For the meanings of each of these constants, see the CSS3 Ruby module working draft and the Microsoft Internet Explorer documentation ...

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