Wrap a text within only two lines inside div

Question

I want to wrap a text within only two lines inside div of specific width. If text goes beyond the length of two lines then I want to show elipses. Is there a way to do that

Answer 1

See http://jsfiddle.net/SWcCt/.

Just set a line-height the half of height:

line-height:20px;
height:40px;

Of course, in order to make text-overflow: ellipsis work you also need:

overflow:hidden;
white-space: pre;