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A feature test to determine if text-overflow: ellipsis; works in the current browser (using jQuery)
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| (function ($) { | |
| // innocent until proven guilty | |
| $.extend({'ellipsis':{'nativeSupport' : false}}); | |
| // do a quick feature test to see if we're natively supported | |
| $(function () { | |
| // a hidden node we're testing and it's soon-to-be clone | |
| var cloned, hidden = $('<div style="visibility:hidden;position:absolute;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;"></div>'), | |
| // give any possible rules that would give native support (omit -ms-text-overflow - does the same thing) | |
| nativeRules = ['text-overflow', '-o-text-overflow']; | |
| // add each of the prospective native rules | |
| $(nativeRules).each(function (i, rule) { | |
| hidden.css(rule, 'ellipsis'); | |
| }); | |
| // add to <body> when DOM is ready | |
| $('body').append(hidden); | |
| // deep clone the node (include attributes) | |
| cloned = hidden.clone(true); | |
| // check to see which survived | |
| $(nativeRules).each(function (i, rule) { | |
| if ('ellipsis' === $(cloned).css(rule)) { | |
| $.ellipsis.nativeRule = rule; | |
| $.ellipsis.nativeSupport = true; | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| // clean-up | |
| hidden.remove(); | |
| cloned = hidden = null; | |
| }); | |
| }(jQuery)); |
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