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Created December 12, 2012 16:28
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Add Ellipsis to Single Line of Extra-long Text
/* http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/truncate-string-with-ellipsis/ */
.truncate {
width: 250px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
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Note: The ellipsis only shows in Chrome if this class is given to the parent div. Any higher ancestor and the ellipsis doesn't work in Chrome.

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I just saw that FF now supports the ellipsis.

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