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You can truncate a single line of text with an ellipsis (…) fairly easily with text-overflow and a few friends. But, as you might expect, that truncation happens at the end of the line of text. What if you want …

Shared by Chris Coyier on Jul 21, 2020

ellipsis text-overflow truncation

Truncate String with Ellipsis

All the following are required, so the text must be in a single straight line that overflows a box where that overflow is hidden.

.truncate {
  width: 250px;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

See the Pen Basic Overflow …

Chris Coyier on Feb 18, 2011 (Updated on Dec 13, 2018)

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