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Wrappable text

Author:
jdunck
Posted:
October 2, 2009
Language:
Python
Version:
1.1
Tags:
template filter typography
Score:
0 (after 0 ratings)

Sometimes you have an uncontrolled amount of text in a horizontally constrained space.

The wrappable filter places zero-width breaking spaces into the given text so that it can wrap at any point, as necessary for the containing width. Sometimes better than eliding (chopping long text...) or cropping/scrolling overflow.

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@stringfilter
def wrappable(value):
    """
    Places zero-width breaking spaces in text to allow it to wrap at any point.
    
    Munges text into HTML, so should be used last in the filter chain.
    {{ user_generated_text|wrappable }}
    """
    return "​".join(value)
register.filter('wrappable', wrappable)

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