Re: text-oveflow for _multiline_ texts

I'd like to join the request. Also, it would be very nice to have a  
possibility to style an ellipsis itself, say like an inline-block.


Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com <mtanalin@yandex.ru> wrote Sun, 15 Jan 2012  
18:54:09 +0400:

> Hello. It would be nice to be able to use text-overflow property for  
> _multiline_ (and _multiword_) texts sothat _last_ visible line of text  
> would be clipped same way as it currently happens with single-line texts.
>
> This could be done by specifying maximum number of _lines_ to display  
> (in addition to text-overflow type like 'ellipsis') _without_ making  
> text unwrappable with {white-space: nowrap}:
>
> Possible syntax:
>
>     /* 'ln' unit means 'line' */
>     DIV {text-overflow: 3ln ellipsis; }
>
> This could be splitted/expanded to following subproperties:
>
>     DIV {
>         text-overflow-limit: 3ln;
>         text-overflow-style: ellipsis;
>     }
>
> (Expanding is shown here just for additional clarity. Proposal itself is  
> about _multiline_ texts.)
>
> Given that original text is:
>
>     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
>     consectetur adipiscing elit.
>     Sed ac tempor diam. Suspendisse
>     pellentesque ante eu turpis
>     commodo vel elementum orci
>     aliquam.
>
> Resulting text for example CSS would be displayed next way:
>
>     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
>     consectetur adipiscing elit.
>     Sed ac tempor diam. Suspe...
>
> Here, we have five-line text, but only three lines are displayed  
> (text-overflow-limit: 3ln), and last line is clipped with ellipsis  
> (text-overflow-style: ellipsis).
>
> Once implemented, this would make text-overflow _much_ more useful and  
> applicable on real-world sites than currently.
>
> Thanks.
>

Received on Monday, 16 January 2012 01:25:58 UTC