We can put … in place of '...'. Because it's one character and it's easy to calculate
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Limiting text with (...) in CSS
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| function shorten(text, maxLength) { | |
| var ret = text; | |
| if (ret.length > maxLength) { | |
| ret = ret.substr(0,maxLength-3) + "..."; | |
| } | |
| return ret; | |
| } |
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| .ellipsis { | |
| overflow: hidden; | |
| text-overflow: ellipsis; | |
| -o-text-overflow: ellipsis; | |
| white-space: nowrap; | |
| width: 100%; | |
| } |
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