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CSS

Mihail Petkov
Mihail Petkov
8,892 Points
Posted by Mihail Petkov
Mihail Petkov
8,892 Points

Css property text-overflow: ellipsis

Hello !

I am looking for a way to truncate text based on element height and width. Instead last 3 characters I want to put "..." . I tried to use text-overflow:ellipsis but It put "..." only on the first line. I want to put "..." on the second line. Is this possible ?

Thanks !

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The condition of "text-overflow" only occurs when the "white-space" property is set to "nowrap". So with these conditions, you would not have a "second line".

I'm not aware of a CSS property that will add an ellipsis based on vertical instead of horizontal overflow when text wrapping is enabled.