Css Text-Wrap Balance, Pretty And Field-Sizing For Better Typography And Forms
Two small properties that fix common design problems with a single line of CSS.
text-wrap: balance for headings
Distributes the words evenly across lines so a heading never ends with a single orphan word.
css">h1,
h2,
h3 {
text-wrap: balance;
}
It works best on short blocks of text. Browsers limit it to a few lines, so it is meant for headings, captions and quotes.
text-wrap: pretty for paragraphs
Avoids a lonely last word on the final line of a paragraph.
p {
text-wrap: pretty;
}
field-sizing: content for auto-growing fields
Makes a textarea or an input grow with its content. It replaces the JavaScript that used to resize textareas.
textarea {
field-sizing: content;
min-height: 3lh;
max-height: 12lh;
}
input.lotgrafix-tag {
field-sizing: content;
min-width: 5ch;
}
The lh unit equals the line height, which makes the limits easy to express in lines.
Support note
Both features are safe to use as enhancements. When a browser does not support them, text wraps normally and fields keep a fixed size.
November 3, 2026


