Overflow:hidden dots at the end

user_47937 0
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Let's say I have a string "I like big butts and I cannot lie" and I cut it with overflow:hidden, so it displays something like this:

I like big butts and I cann

cutting off the text. Is it possible to display this like this:

I like big butts and I cann...

using CSS?

css html
11 Answers

You can use text-overflow: ellipsis; which according to caniuse is supported by all the major browsers.

Here's a demo on jsbin.

.cut-text { 
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  overflow: hidden; 
  width: 160px; 
  height: 1.2em; 
  white-space: nowrap;
}
<div class="cut-text">
I like big butts and I can not lie.
</div>

user_204710

Try this if you want to restrict the lines up to 3 and after three lines the dots will appear. If we want to increase the lines just change the -webkit-line-clamp value and give the width for div size.

div {
   display: -webkit-box;
   -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
   -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
user_88799420

Hopefully it's helpful for you:

.text-with-dots {
    display: block;
    max-width: 98%;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden !important;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
<div class='text-with-dots'>Some texts here Some texts here Some texts here Some texts here Some texts here Some texts here </div>

user_92936070

Hide text on load and show on hover

.hide-text {
  width: 70px;
  display: inline-block;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden !important;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

span:hover {
   white-space: unset;
   text-overflow: unset;
}
<span class="hide-text"> How to hide text by dots and show text on hover</span>

user_83006200

Yes, via the text-overflow property in CSS 3. Caveat: it is not universally supported yet in browsers.

ceejayoz_19020100

In bootstrap 4, you can add a .text-truncate class to truncate the text with an ellipsis.

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<!-- Inline level -->
<span class="d-inline-block text-truncate" style="max-width: 190px;">
  I like big butts and I cannot lie
</span>

user_69048880 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.cardDetaileclips{
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    display: -webkit-box;
    -webkit-line-clamp: 3; /* after 3 line show ... */
    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div style="width:100px;">
  <div class="cardDetaileclips">
    My Name is Manoj and pleasure to help you.
  </div>
</div> 
</body>
</html>
user_119843680 
.cut-text {
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
}
user_97861280
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