# Overview

The **`wbr` element** in HTML is used to indicate a word break opportunity. This means that if the browser needs to break a word in half while displaying it on the screen, we can indicate the right places to break the word with a `wbr` tag. 

# Example

The following example will help you understand the `wbr` element. As you can see, without the `wbr` element, the browser breaks the word where it wishes to (in this case, right at the start of the word). However, when we use `wbr`, the word breaks at the point specified by the programmer.

<html>
 <head>
 </head>
 <body>
 An example of the longest word in the world without wbr : pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 
 An example of the longest word in the world with wbr : pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 
 </body>
</html>

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# Attributes

`wbr` only includes global attributes. You can find more information about them in the [documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/wbr).

> A hyphen is not directly included by including the `` element at the line's breakpoint. Instead, you should use the soft hyphen character to have a hyphen show only at the end of a line `(&shy;)`.

What is the wbr element in HTML?

To indicate word break opportunities, use the HTML wbr element; for hyphens, use &shy;.