Limit characters displayed in span

Question

Is there some sort of way within HTML or CSS to limit the characters displayed with a span? I use a repeater that displays these info boxes and I want to limit the character

Answer 1

max-length is used for input elements. Use text-overflow property of CSS.

.claimedRight {
    display:block; width: 250px;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}