adobe/balance-text

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1403 stars · 77 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A JavaScript polyfill implementing balanced text wrapping for web pages, providing an alternative line-breaking algorithm so wrapped lines contain roughly equal amounts of text. It implements the proposed CSS `text-wrap: balance` behavior and is referenced in the CSS Text Module Level 4 draft.

Use cases

• balance wrapped headline text across lines
• polyfill text-wrap: balance in browsers without support
• avoid ragged centered multi-line text
• re-balance text on window resize
• apply balanced wrapping to dynamically added DOM content

When to choose

• you need balanced multi-line text in browsers lacking native text-wrap: balance
• you want a lightweight drop-in script with class-based or manual triggering
• you need resize-aware rebalancing of headings or centered text

When to avoid

• target browsers already support native CSS text-wrap: balance
• you need a jQuery plugin API (use the legacy 2.0.0 version instead)
• you need general text layout beyond line balancing

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components frontend-framework templating web-development frontend web-design browser text-wrapping polyfill typography css-text-wrap-balance line-breaking javascript

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