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33 lines
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title: Truncate text
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tags: layout
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---
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If the text is longer than one line, it will be truncated and end with an ellipsis `…`.
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```html
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<p class="truncate-text">If I exceed one line's width, I will be truncated.</p>
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```
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```css
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.truncate-text {
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overflow: hidden;
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white-space: nowrap;
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text-overflow: ellipsis;
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width: 200px;
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}
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```
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#### Explanation
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1. `overflow: hidden` prevents the text from overflowing its dimensions (for a block, 100% width and auto height).
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2. `white-space: nowrap` prevents the text from exceeding one line in height.
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3. `text-overflow: ellipsis` makes it so that if the text exceeds its dimensions, it will end with an ellipsis.
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4. `width: 200px;` ensures the element has a dimension, to know when to get ellipsis
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#### Browser support
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<span class="snippet__support-note">⚠️ Only works for single line elements.</span>
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- https://caniuse.com/#feat=text-overflow
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