text-spacing-trimLimited availability
The text-spacing-trim CSS property controls spacing around CJK characters, avoiding excessive whitespace when using full-width punctuation characters.
Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.
Browser support
DesktopChrome
1–122Not supported
123+Supportedsince Mar 19, 2024
Current: 155Edge
12–122Not supported
123+Supportedsince Mar 22, 2024
Current: 154Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157Safari
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27MobileChrome Android
18–122Not supported
123+Supportedsince Mar 19, 2024
Current: 155Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157Safari iOS
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27How to use
Not supported in Firefox, Safari, Firefox Android, Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.
Example
Full syntax and examples are on MDN: text-spacing-trim.
Feature detection
CSS · check before using
@supports (text-spacing-trim: initial) {
/* styles that rely on text-spacing-trim */
}
/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("text-spacing-trim", "initial")) {
// use it
}Documentation (MDN)
Specification
Sub-features
Support for each part of the feature (5). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.
| Sub-feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox Android | Safari iOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| text-spacing-trim | 123 | 123 | ✕ | ✕ | 123 | ✕ | ✕ |
| text-spacing-trim.normal | 123 | 123 | ✕ | ✕ | 123 | ✕ | ✕ |
| text-spacing-trim.space-all | 123 | 123 | ✕ | ✕ | 123 | ✕ | ✕ |
| text-spacing-trim.space-first | 123 | 123 | ✕ | ✕ | 123 | ✕ | ✕ |
| text-spacing-trim.trim-start | 123 | 123 | ✕ | ✕ | 123 | ✕ | ✕ |