BitmapText has a new maxWidth property that will attempt to wrap the text if it exceeds the width specified.

README.md

@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ We've also removed functions and properties from Pixi classes that Phaser doesn'
 * InputHandler.enableDrag with a boundsSprite set now takes into account both the Sprites anchor and the boundsSprite anchor when limiting the drag.
 * Sound in Web Audio now uses AudioContext.onended to trigger when it will stop playing instead of using a time based value. This is only used if the sound doesn't loop and isn't an audio sprite, but will give a much more accurate `Sound.onStop` event. It also prevents short audio files from being cut off during playback (#1471) and accounts for time spent decoding.
 * If you load an image and provide a key that was already in-use in the Cache, then the old image is now destroyed (via `Cache.removeImage`) and the new image takes its place.
+* BitmapText has a new `maxWidth` property that will attempt to wrap the text if it exceeds the width specified.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 

src/pixi/text/BitmapText.js

@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ PIXI.BitmapText = function(text, style)
      */
     this.textHeight = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * The max width of this bitmap text in pixels. If the text provided is longer than the value provided, line breaks will be 
+     * automatically inserted in the last whitespace. Disable by setting value to 0.
+     *
+     * @property maxWidth
+     * @type Number
+     */
+    this.maxWidth = 0;
+
     /**
      * @property _pool
      * @type Array
@@ -113,12 +122,14 @@ PIXI.BitmapText.prototype.updateText = function()
     var lineWidths = [];
     var line = 0;
     var scale = this.fontSize / data.size;
+    var lastSpace = 0;
 
-    for(var i = 0; i < this.text.length; i++)
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.text.length; i++)
     {
         var charCode = this.text.charCodeAt(i);
+        lastSpace = /(\s)/.test(this.text.charAt(i)) ? i : lastSpace;
 
-        if(/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/.test(this.text.charAt(i)))
+        if (/(?:\r\n|\r|\n)/.test(this.text.charAt(i)))
         {
             lineWidths.push(pos.x);
             maxLineWidth = Math.max(maxLineWidth, pos.x);
@@ -130,6 +141,22 @@ PIXI.BitmapText.prototype.updateText = function()
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (lastSpace !== -1 && this.maxWidth > 0 && pos.x * scale > this.maxWidth)
+        {
+            chars.splice(lastSpace, i - lastSpace);
+            i = lastSpace;
+            lastSpace = -1;
+
+            lineWidths.push(lastLineWidth);
+            maxLineWidth = Math.max(maxLineWidth, lastLineWidth);
+            line++;
+
+            pos.x = 0;
+            pos.y += data.lineHeight;
+            prevCharCode = null;
+            continue;
+        }
+
         var charData = data.chars[charCode];
 
         if(!charData) continue;