Rag Adjust

A bit of JavaScript to automatically fix the rag of any body of text. Where you allow your lines to break in a block of text can be very important for readability, and quite tricky within a fluid layout. With this script you can set how and where you want your lines to break, creating a much more pleasing text rag.

Setup

First, link to the script in your HTML.

…

<script src="./js/ragadjust.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

</body>
</html>

Then, in your own JavaScript, set the parameters:

…

<script src="./js/ragadjust.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

	ragadjust('p, li, dd', 'all');

</script>

</body>
</html>

Parameters

There are only two parameters to set:

ragadjust(elements, method);

• Elements – A CSS selector list of the elements you wish to modify.
• Method – Choose which rag-adjust method you want to employ.
  • emphasis – Text of three or less words in bold or italics does not break across lines.
  • small-words – Breaks lines before words of three or less characters.
  • prepositions – Breaks lines before prepositions.
  • dashes – Breaks lines before hyphens and dashes.

Support

Rag Adjust will work in all modern browsers and IE8+.

Appendix: Prepositions matched

• aboard
• about
• above
• across
• after
• against
• along
• amid
• among
• anti
• around
• before
• behind
• below
• beneath
• beside
• besides
• between
• beyond
• concerning
• considering
• despite
• down
• during
• except
• excepting
• excluding
• following
• from
• inside
• into
• like
• minus
• near
• onto
• opposite
• outside
• over
• past
• plus
• regarding
• round
• save
• since
• than
• that
• this
• through
• toward
• towards
• under
• underneath
• unlike
• until
• upon
• versus
• with
• within
• without

Suggestions, questions or concerns? nathan@artequalswork.com