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Orestis Pantazos
Orestis Pantazos

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🏷️ Truncate String with Ellipsis in CSS

The front-end developers sometimes need to redesign the screen in order to truncate string with ellipsis in CSS technology. The best possible solution is the following:

.truncate-format {
  width: 100px;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
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kvu-luong

I think, it only the best possible solution in case single line, not for multiple lines :))
Something like this one:
"abc
xyz..."