Add dots/ellipsis on div/span element overflow without using jquery

Question

Need to implement functionality similar to what dotdotdot jQuery plugin does but cannot use javascript frameworks (like jquery or ext).

Is there an

Answer 1

Works for any number of lines and any width without any javascript - and is responsive. Simply set your max-height to a multiple of your line height: i.e. (22px line height) * (max 3 lines of text) = (max height 66px).

https://codepen.io/freer4/pen/prKLPy

html, body, p { margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif;line-height:22px;}

.ellipsis{
  overflow:hidden;
  margin-bottom:1em;
  position:relative;
}

.ellipsis:before {
  content: "\02026";  
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0; 
  right:0;
  width: 1.8em; 
  height:22px;
  margin-left: -1.8em;
  padding-right: 5px;
  text-align: right;
  background-size: 100% 100%;
  background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 40%, white);
  z-index:2;
}
.ellipsis::after{
  content:"";
  position:relative;
  display:block;
  float:right;
  background:#FFF;
  width:3em;
  height:22px;
  margin-top:-22px;
  z-index:3;
}

/*For testing*/
.ellipsis{
  max-width:500px;
  text-align:justify;
}
.ellipsis-3{
  max-height:66px;
}

.ellipsis-5{
  max-height:110px;
}

  
Here we can have a great many lines of text and it works as we expect it to. Here we can have a great many lines of text and it works as we expect it to. Here we can have a great many lines of text and it works as we expect it to. Here we can have a great many lines of text and it works as we expect it to.
  



  
The number of lines shown is easily controlled by setting the max-height of the .ellipsis element. The downsides are the requirement of a wrapping element, and that if the text is precisely as long as your number of lines, you'll get a white area covering the very trailing end of your text. You've been warned. This is just some pushing text to make the element longer. See the ellipsis? Yay.