This is a simple wrapper for Hyphenator: Word-Hyphenation for PHP based on the TeX-Hyphenation algorithm
Explains how to install this extension in Composer-based and Classic TYPO3 installations.
Learn how to configure this extension.
Learn where to get help and how to report issues you found.
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Learn where to get help and how to report issues you found.
Install the extension via Composer: lia/lia_hyphenator
composer req lia/lia_hyphenatorOr download the extension from https://extensions.typo3.org/package/lia_hyphenator and install it in the Extension Manager.
After installation you can use the lih: ViewHelper in your templates by imporitng the namespace.
in the opening html-Tag of your template-file like this
<html xmlns:f="http://typo3.org/ns/TYPO3/CMS/Fluid/ViewHelpers"
xmlns:lih="http://typo3.org/ns/LIA/LiaHyphenator/ViewHelpers"
data-namespace-typo3-fluid="true"
>Use this line in your template before using any Hyphenator-ViewHelper:
{namespace lih=LIA/LiaHyphenator/ViewHelpers}See also Import ViewHelper namespaces
See chapter Installation.
See chapter Configuration.
Check if you correctly imported the namespace. See chapter Configuration.
See chapter Where to get help.
You can report issues at https://github.com/LOUISINTERNET/lia_hyphenator/issues.
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This is a complete reference of all available Fluid ViewHelpers. This documentation is generated from PHP Source code.
<lih:hyphenate> This ViewHelper can be used to apply hyphenation to text.
The ViewHelper can be used as tag as well as with inline syntax, here are some Examples used with a Variable set like this:
<f:variable name="stringContent">Some textcontent to apply hyphention to</f:variable>ViewHelper usage:
{stringContent -> lih:hyphenate()}or
{lih:hyphenate(value: stringContent)}or
<lih:hyphenate value="{stringContent}" />or
<lih:hyphenate>{stringContent}</lih:hyphenate>The output is the same for all examples:
Some text­con­tent to apply hy­phen­ti­on to<lih:hyphenate value="{stringContent}" leftMin="2" rightMin="3" wordMin="4" defaultLocale="de_CH"></lih:hyphenate>This will use a german hyphenation dictionary with the settings for leftMin, rightMin and wordMin set as specified.
Inline example:
{stringContent -> lih:hyphenate(leftMin: 2, rightMin: 3, wordMin: 5)}This will set the values for the arguments leftMin, rightMin and wordMin.
The following arguments are available for the hyphenate ViewHelper: