[csswg-drafts] [css-ui-4] Ellipsizing of text in middle of string (#3937)

HarrisonB has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts:

== [css-ui-4] Ellipsizing of text in middle of string ==
Hello,

There are many cases in which the information at the beginning & end (but not middle) of a string of characters are important, especially in technical identifiers (e.g. URLs, file names, library call numbers, etc.). It would be wonderful if this was supported in CSS itself. [Attempts to do with the current tools available](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/831552/ellipsis-in-the-middle-of-a-text-mac-style) are unattractive and complex at best.

Apologies if this is better addressed in the mailing list--the guidelines and other material online was unclear which is preferred in cases such as these.

I am following on from a previous inquiry led by Sebastian Zartner, to whom I owe thanks. His `www-style@w3.org` thread from 2013 ended without any conclusions or next steps. Note that I am not the author of the detailed proposal listed below, but merely a web developer interested in highlighting this proposal.

* [Proposal of new behavior](https://www.w3.org/wiki/Text-overflow_middle_cropping)
* [Mailing list of previous discussion (from 2013)](http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2013Jul/0451.html)
* [Relevant portion of specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-ui-4/#text-overflow)

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3937 using your GitHub account

Received on Wednesday, 15 May 2019 19:48:38 UTC