line return in javascript [closed]

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im trying to make this box stay one one width at 150px but how do i get text that is retrived that is longer that that return text to the next line instead of expand the div.

       <div id="page" style="position:absolute; float:right; top:500px; right:0px; background-color:#F5F5F5; color: #F6221D; font-size:12px; width:150;">
        <h2>ShoutOut</h2>

        <form method="post" action="shout.php">
            <strong>Message:</strong>
          <input type="text" id="message" name="message" class="message" /><input type="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" />
        </form>

        <div id="shout" style="padding:0 10px 0; width:150; 开发者_如何学Goheight:170px;; overflow-y:auto;">

        </div>
    </div>

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {

    //populating shoutbox the first time
    refresh_shoutbox();
    // recurring refresh every 15 seconds
    setInterval("refresh_shoutbox()", 15000);

    $("#submit").click(function() {
        // getting the values that user typed
        var name    = $("#name").val();
        var message = $("#message").val();
        // forming the queryString
        var data            = 'name='+ name +'&message='+ message;

        // ajax call
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "shout.php",
            data: data,
            success: function(html){ // this happen after we get result
                $("#shout").slideToggle(500, function(){
                    $(this).html(html).slideToggle(500);
                    $("#message").val("");
                });
          }
        });    
        return false;
    });
});

function refresh_shoutbox() {
    var data = 'refresh=1';

    $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "shout.php",
            data: data,
            success: function(html){ // this happen after we get result
                $("#shout").html(html);
            }
        });
}

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There is an error in your CSS:

width:150;

should be:

width:150px;

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Try adding this style to the DIV:

word-wrap:break-word;