Talk:Community Wishlist/W40

Where to hyphen

Heya! I'm also interested in this, seeing as Norwegian is, much like German, a language with a lot of closed compound words (such as redigeringsverktøyet, arbeidsplassopplæring, and innholdsoversettelsesverktøy). I am curious, however, how it would determine where to hyphenate the word? Is it just wherever it would be cut off? EdoAug (talk) 22:05, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

@EdoAug: Modern browser have language-dependent rules to determine where to hyphenate. Usually, a hyphen is inserted after a syllable. For example, this is how your browser hyphenates Norwegian:

innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet redigeringsverktøyet redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet arbeidsplassopplæring redigeringsverktøyet arbeidsplassopplæring redigeringsverktøyet arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy innholdsoversettelsesverktøy arbeidsplassopplæring redigeringsverktøyet arbeidsplassopplæring innholdsoversettelsesverktøy arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring innholdsoversettelsesverktøy arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet redigeringsverktøyet arbeidsplassopplæring arbeidsplassopplæring innholdsoversettelsesverktøy innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy arbeidsplassopplæring innholdsoversettelsesverktøy redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy innholdsoversettelsesverktøy arbeidsplassopplæring redigeringsverktøyet innholdsoversettelsesverktøy

Dexxor (talk) 08:39, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

@Dexxor: Thanks for the example! This looks presentable enough, though there are some I would hyphenate differently. Does ­ appear in the TOC? I know I couldn't use it in the Community Wishlist overview table when translating. EdoAug (talk) 12:23, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

@EdoAug: ­ does appear in the TOC, but then you also need to embed invisible soft hyphens when cross referencing the section title or add an w:WP:ANCHOR to the section. Plus, it's simply not feasible to add soft hyphens to every article that needs them. Dexxor (talk) 13:13, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to bring up the HTML <wbr> tag, "word break opportunity". This tag can be inserted in the middle of a long word to let the browser know to prioritize line-breaking at that specific spot instead of by using its own methods to determine where to break. Zhing'za zï Ïnin (talk) 04:40, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

‎<wbr> doesn't insert a hyphen, though. Dexxor (talk) 08:43, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Update from WMF

Hi, thanks for submitting this! We are doing an audit of older wishes listed as near-term opportunity and saw that work on this was frozen according to Phabricator, so a reminder will be sent for them to review this and provide an update on feasibility for the current year. MikeZ-WMF (talk) 15:25, 23 February 2026 (UTC)