Truncating Long Text with CSS Ellipsis | CSS Tips and Tricks

This CSS tutorial will explore the art of truncating text in web design using CSS ellipsis. Have you ever encountered long strings of text that disrupt the layout of your website? CSS provides a powerful solution with the `text-overflow` property, allowing you to add ellipsis and indicate hidden content.

We'll dive deep into how `text-overflow` works, its relationship with other CSS properties like `overflow` and `white-space`, and how it enables single-line text truncation. We'll also uncover the secrets of truncating multi-line text using a combination of CSS properties, including the elusive `-webkit-line-clamp`.

Join us as we demonstrate step-by-step how to implement text truncation in your web projects, ensuring a clean and polished design while maintaining readability and user experience. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more web design tips and tutorials. Let's dive in!

Related Topics
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- CSS Ellipsis
- CSS tricks for truncating text
- Ellipsis with line-clamp on long text
- Use multiple lines of text with ellipsis
- How to Handle Text Overflow (With a CSS Ellipsis)
- Add Ellipse (…) to Single & Multiline Truncated Text with CSS Text Overflow: Ellipsis

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[phantomgaming]

Me after learning basics was thinking im good at it but if we go to depth theres toooo much to do btw good work bro

[rifathossain]

What is this webkit ? and what do you meant by vendor specific platform?

[daryldeogracias]

it won't work well for other locale, you should also add

word-break: break-word;

[profeszor]

what if we need the ellipsis to be in the middle of the text rather at the end?

[solida]

The overflow text still visible is there anyway way we can make it invisible?

[harm]

So "not all modern browsers", a quick look in "can I use" states all modern browsers support this.
BUT: MDN also says all these "cool" properties are already deprecated, SHOULD NOT BE USED ON A PRODUCTION APP FACING THE WEB

[rubinaerum]

Useless video without showing outcome side by side 👎