@@ -5532,7 +5532,7 @@ Selecting How to Wrap: the 'text-wrap-style' property</h3>
55325532
55335533 <pre class="propdef">
55345534 Name : text-wrap-style
5535- Value : auto | balance | stable | pretty | avoid-orphans
5535+ Value : auto | balance | stable | pretty | avoid-short-last-line
55365536 Initial : auto
55375537 Applies to : [=block containers=] hat establish an [=inline formatting context=]
55385538 Inherited : yes
@@ -5541,8 +5541,6 @@ Selecting How to Wrap: the 'text-wrap-style' property</h3>
55415541 Animation type : discrete
55425542 </pre>
55435543
5544- Issue: The CSSWG is looking for a better name for ''avoid-orphans'' .
5545-
55465544 <wpt>
55475545 parsing/text-wrap-style-computed.html
55485546 parsing/text-wrap-style-invalid.html
@@ -5653,7 +5651,7 @@ Selecting How to Wrap: the 'text-wrap-style' property</h3>
56535651
56545652 The user agent may among other things
56555653 attempt to avoid excessively short last lines,
5656- similarly to ''avoid-orphans '' ,
5654+ similarly to ''avoid-short-last-line '' ,
56575655 but it should also improve the layout in additional ways.
56585656 The precise set of improvements is user agent dependent,
56595657 and may include things such as:
@@ -5670,7 +5668,7 @@ Selecting How to Wrap: the 'text-wrap-style' property</h3>
56705668 and possibly use it selectively where it matters most.
56715669 </div>
56725670
5673- <dt> <dfn>avoid-orphans </dfn>
5671+ <dt> <dfn>avoid-short-last-line </dfn>
56745672 <dd>
56755673 Specifies the UA <em> should</em> avoid excessively short last lines,
56765674 and is expected to consider more than one line
@@ -5703,7 +5701,7 @@ Selecting How to Wrap: the 'text-wrap-style' property</h3>
57035701πολλὰ πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον
57045702ἔπερσεν.
57055703 </pre>
5706- Applying ''text-wrap-style: avoid-orphans '' could yield something like this instead,
5704+ Applying ''text-wrap-style: avoid-short-last-line '' could yield something like this instead,
57075705 which is arguably more pleasing:
57085706 <pre lang=grc style="border: solid lightgray 8px; border-bottom: none; border-top: none; width: 45ch;">
57095707ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς
@@ -5728,7 +5726,7 @@ Mississippi river
57285726 the penultimate line would be unsightly.
57295727 In such cases, user agents are expected
57305728 to prefer the first rendering
5731- despite ''text-wrap-style: avoid-orphans '' being set.
5729+ despite ''text-wrap-style: avoid-short-last-line '' being set.
57325730 </div>
57335731 </dl>
57345732
@@ -5741,11 +5739,11 @@ Mississippi river
57415739 UAs can experiment with better line breaking algorithms
57425740 with this default value,
57435741 but as optimal results often take more time,
5744- ''text-wrap-style/pretty'' and ''avoid-orphans '' are offered as opt-ins
5742+ ''text-wrap-style/pretty'' and ''avoid-short-last-line '' are offered as opt-ins
57455743 to take more time for better results.
57465744 Both values are intended for body text,
57475745 where the last line is expected to be a bit shorter than the average line,
5748- but ''avoid-orphans '' aims to avoid excessively short last lines while staying performant,
5746+ but ''avoid-short-last-line '' aims to avoid excessively short last lines while staying performant,
57495747 while ''pretty'' can sacrifice more speed in pursuit of even better layout;
57505748 the ''text-wrap-style/balance'' value is intended for titles and captions,
57515749 where equal-length lines of text tend to be preferred;
@@ -13338,13 +13336,15 @@ Changes</h2>
1333813336 Changes specific to Level 4 are listed below.
1333913337
1334013338 Significant changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2026/WD-css-text-4-20260608/">8 June 2026 Working Draft</a> include:
13341- * Exclude East Asian Wide (W) from [=non-ideographic letters=] .
13339+ * Renamed <css> avoid-orphans</css> to ''avoid-short-last-line'' .
13340+ (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/11283">Issue 11283</a> )
13341+ * Excluded East Asian Wide (W) from [=non-ideographic letters=] .
1334213342 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/9979">Issue 9979</a> )
13343- * Clarify that 'text-autospace' has no effect on plain-text copy & paste.
13343+ * Clarified that 'text-autospace' has no effect on plain-text copy & paste.
1334413344 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/8511">Issue 8511</a> )
1334513345
1334613346 Significant changes since the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/WD-css-text-4-2024052">29 May 2024 Working Draft</a> include:
13347- * Added '' avoid-orphans'' to 'text-wrap-style' .
13347+ * Added <css> avoid-orphans</css> to 'text-wrap-style' .
1334813348 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/10837">Issue 10837</a> )
1334913349 * Added <{listing}> , <{xmp}> , and <{plaintext}> to the list of elements assigned ''text-spacing: none'' in the default UA stylesheet.
1335013350 (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/13369">Issue 13369</a> )
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