Is vertical text-overflow possible with css3?

Question

to add ellipsis to a sentence that is too long you can use this method: http://jsfiddle.net/ArKeu/

that works great for widths but is it somehow possible to add elli

Answer 1

Currently there is no cross-browser CSS-only way to achieve such behavior.

You can do this now only in webkit-based browsers by using the -webkit-box and -webkit-line-clamp, see http://jsfiddle.net/ArKeu/7/