Text Overflow

Utilities for controlling text overflow in an element.

Contents

Quick reference

Class	Properties
`.text-truncate`	text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap;
`.text-ellipsis`	text-overflow: ellipsis;
`.text-clip`	text-overflow: clip;

Basic usage

Truncate

Use text-truncate to truncate overflowing text with an ellipsis (…) if needed.

Only working for display: inline-block or display: block.

This text is quite long, and will be truncated once displayed.

<p class="text-truncate" style="width:120px;">
    This text is quite long, and will be truncated once displayed.
</p>

This text is quite long, and will be truncated once displayed.

<div class="col-3 text-truncate" style="width:120px;">
    This text is quite long, and will be truncated once displayed.
</div>

Ellipsis

Use text-ellipsis to truncate overflowing text with an ellipsis (…) if needed.

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<p class="text-ellipsis overflow-hidden ...">...</p>

Clip

Use text-clip to truncate the text at the limit of the content area.

<p class="text-clip overflow-hidden ...">...</p>