Overflow hidden if text length increases jquery

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What i have is a div with a string. Now whenever i hover the .dots it makes its text inside bolder which increases its length or size . I want something like if the text size increases then it should not dissapear like overflow:hidden but show appear followed by 3 dots. for example look at this image........

since the name is too long it appears followed be dots. How can i possibly do that ?

K K · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 08:03:33Z

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Try text-overflow:ellipsis; and white-space:nowrap

.dots {
 height:20px;
 width:150px;
 background:#fff;
 border:1px solid #DDD;
 color:#333;
 text-overflow:ellipsis;
 overflow:hidden;
 padding:2px;
 white-space: nowrap;
}

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/lotusgodkk/K655K/1/

answered May 22, 2014 at 8:03

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Sten Pelzer · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 08:05:51Z

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It's a very easy solution. Just add this to your .dots css :

white-space: nowrap;
text-overflow: ellipsis;

So your css looks like this:

.dots {
    height:20px;
    width:150px;
    background:#fff;
    border:1px solid #DDD;
    color:#333;
    overflow:hidden;
    padding:2px;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

See the fiddle i made.

answered May 22, 2014 at 8:05

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Jai · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 08:04:21Z

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Add this to your css class:

    .dots {
          .....
        overflow:hidden;
        padding:2px;
        text-overflow: ellipsis; // required
        white-space: nowrap; // required
    }

answered May 22, 2014 at 8:04

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