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

Try something like this: http://jsfiddle.net/6jdj3pcL/1/

<p>Here is a paragraph with a lot of text ...</p>

p {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    height: 3em;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 300px;
}

p::before {
   content: '...';
   float: right;
   margin-top: 1.5em;
}

Answer 2

I believe the CSS-only solution text-overflow: ellipsis applies to one line only, so you won't be able to go this route:

.yourdiv {

    line-height: 1.5em; /* Sets line height to 1.5 times text size */
    height: 3em; /* Sets the div height to 2x line-height (3 times text size) */
    width: 100%; /* Use whatever width you want */
    white-space: normal; /* Wrap lines of text */
    overflow: hidden; /* Hide text that goes beyond the boundaries of the div */
    text-overflow: ellipsis; /* Ellipses (cross-browser) */
    -o-text-overflow: ellipsis; /* Ellipses (cross-browser) */
}

Have you tried http://tpgblog.com/threedots/ for jQuery?

Answer 3

CSS only

    line-height: 1.5;
    white-space: normal;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    display: -webkit-box;
    -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;

Answer 4

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;

Answer 5

Limiting output to two lines of text is possible with CSS, if you set the line-height and height of the element, and set overflow:hidden;:

#someDiv {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    height: 3em;       /* height is 2x line-height, so two lines will display */
    overflow: hidden;  /* prevents extra lines from being visible */
}

--- jsFiddle DEMO ---

Alternatively, you can use the CSS text-overflow and white-space properties to add ellipses, but this only appears to work for a single line.

#someDiv {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    height: 3em;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    width: 100%;
}

And a demo:

--- jsFiddle DEMO ---

Achieving both multiple lines of text and ellipses appears to be the realm of javascript.