General Ellipsis Script

ellipsis.js

/* ==========================================================================
   Ellipsis
   * @params : item : Gets the ID of the element that you want to ellipsis 
   * the text in item can also be overloaded, it can be a string as well, in
   * which case if it is long enough it will return the string with the 
   * ellipsed ammount.
   * @params : amount : The number of characters that you want to include
   ========================================================================== */
var ellipsis = function( item, amount ) {

    switch( typeof(item) )
    {       
        case 'string':
            var currentText = item;
            var newText = '';
                    
            if( currentText.length > amount ) {   
                currentText = currentText.substring(0, amount - 3);
                return currentText += '...';
            } else {       
                return currentText;
            }
            break;     
        default:        
            var item = $(item);
                    
            item.each(function( element, value ) {       

                var currentText = value.text();
                    
                if( currentText.length > amount ) {
                    currentText = currentText.substring(0, amount - 3);
                    currentText += '...';
                    
                    value.text(currentText);
                }
            });
            break;
    }
}