Insert ellipsis (…) into HTML tag if content too wide

Question

I have a webpage with an elastic layout that changes its width if the browser window is resized.

In this layout there are headlines (h2) that will have

Answer 1

Just like @acSlater I couldn't find something for what I needed so I rolled my own. Sharing in case anyone else can use:

Method:

ellipsisIfNecessary(mystring,maxlength);

Usage:

trimmedString = ellipsisIfNecessary(mystring,50);

Code and Demo Link: https://gist.github.com/cemerson/10368014