Ellipsis in the middle of a text (Mac style)

Question

I need to implement ellipsis (\"...\") in the middle of a text within a resizable element. Here is what it might look like. So,

\"Lorem ipsum do         


        

Answer 1

I just created a function that can trim at the middle, nearEnd and End but havent been tested yet because I finally was needing it at the server side

//position acceptable values : middle, end, closeEnd
function AddElipsis(input, maxChars, position) {
    if (typeof input === 'undefined') {
        return "";
    }
    else if (input.length <= maxChars) {
        return input;
    }
    else {
        if (position == 'middle') {
            var midPos = Math.floor(maxChars / 2) - 2;
            return input.substr(0, midPos) + '...' + input.substr(input.length - midPos, input.length);
        }
        else if (position == 'closeEnd') {
            var firstPart = Math.floor(maxChars * 0.80) - 2;
            var endPart = Math.floor(maxChars * 0.20) - 2;
            return input.substr(0, firstPart) + '...' + input.substr(input.length - endPart, input.length);
        }
        else {
            return input.substr(0, maxChars - 3) + '...';
        }
    }
}