Limit characters displayed in span

Question

Is there some sort of way within HTML or CSS to limit the characters displayed with a span? I use a repeater that displays these info boxes and I want to limit the character

Answer 1

You can use css ellipsis; but you have to give fixed width and overflow:hidden: to that element.

	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.