CSS word ellipsis ('…') after one or two lines

Question

I\'m trying to create a word-wrap in JavaScript using CSS, and the condition is:

If DIV contains one very long word, such as \"asdasfljashglajksgkjasghk

Answer 1

If you can guarantee the content will run over, here is the solution I came up. It works for my site and I wanted to keep it simple.

html:

   [content]

css:

.snippet {
    position: relative;
    height: 40px; // for 2 lines
    font-size: 14px; // standard site text-size
    line-height: 1.42857; // standard site line-height
    overflow: hidden;
    margin-bottom: 0;
}
.news-insights .snippet:after {
    content: "\02026";
    position: absolute;
    top: 19px;
    right: 0;
    padding-left: 5px;
    background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 20%, white); // use vendor prefixes for production code
}

You can then play around with the padding and background gradient to get a more stylish presentation.