Cross-browser multi-line text overflow with ellipsis appended within a fixed width and height

Question

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Is it possible to create an ellipsis on a

with a fixed width and multiple

Answer 1

Maybe quite late but using SCSS you can declare a function like:

@mixin clamp-text($lines, $line-height) {
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -webkit-line-clamp: $lines;
  line-height: $line-height;
  max-height: unquote('#{$line-height*$lines}em');

  @-moz-document url-prefix() {
    position: relative;
    height: unquote('#{$line-height*$lines}em');

    &::after {
      content: '';
      text-align: right;
      position: absolute;
      bottom: 0;
      right: 0;
      width: 30%;
      height: unquote('#{$line-height}em');
      background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        rgba(255, 255, 255, 0),
        rgba(255, 255, 255, 1) 50%
      );
    }
  }
}

And use it like:

.foo {
    @include clamp-text(1, 1.4);
}

Which will truncate the text to one line and knowing that it is 1.4 its line-height. The output expected is chrome to render with ... at the end and FF with some cool fade at the end

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