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# NSParagraphStyle.LineBreakStrategy

Constants that specify how the text system breaks lines while laying out paragraphs.

```
struct LineBreakStrategy
```

## Topics

### Getting the line-break styles

[`NSLineBreakStrategyPushOut`](/documentation/AppKit/NSParagraphStyle/LineBreakStrategy-swift.struct/pushOut)

The text system pushes out individual lines to avoid an orphan word on the last line of the paragraph.

[`NSLineBreakStrategyHangulWordPriority`](/documentation/AppKit/NSParagraphStyle/LineBreakStrategy-swift.struct/hangulWordPriority)

The text system prohibits breaking between Hangul characters.

[`NSLineBreakStrategyStandard`](/documentation/AppKit/NSParagraphStyle/LineBreakStrategy-swift.struct/standard)

The text system uses the same configuration of line-break strategies that it uses for standard UI labels.

[`NSLineBreakStrategyNone`](/documentation/AppKit/NSLineBreakStrategy/NSLineBreakStrategyNone)

The text system doesn’t use any line-break strategies.

### Creating a line-break style

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSParagraphStyle/LineBreakStrategy-swift.struct/init(rawValue:))

Creates a line-break strategy with the specified raw value.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`SetAlgebra`](/documentation/Swift/SetAlgebra)

[`ExpressibleByArrayLiteral`](/documentation/Swift/ExpressibleByArrayLiteral)

[`OptionSet`](/documentation/Swift/OptionSet)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

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