diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js
index 3807ff6d5f..16e5761d0b 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.js
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ var et2_link = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
             // Set up title to optionally break on the provided character - replace all space with nbsp, add a
             // zero-width space after the break string
             _value = _value
-                .replace(this.options.break_title, this.options.break_title + "\u200B")
+                .replace(this.options.break_title, this.options.break_title.trimEnd() + "\u200B")
                 .replace(/ /g, '\u00a0');
         }
         jQuery(node).text(_value + "");
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts
index 4f103347e7..4b1ec23ae2 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_link.ts
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ export class et2_link extends et2_valueWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 			// Set up title to optionally break on the provided character - replace all space with nbsp, add a
 			// zero-width space after the break string
 			_value = _value
-				.replace(this.options.break_title, this.options.break_title+"\u200B")
+				.replace(this.options.break_title, this.options.break_title.trimEnd()+"\u200B")
 				.replace(/ /g, '\u00a0');
 		}
 		jQuery(node).text(_value+"");