| text-overflow | NN n/a IE 6(Win) CSS n/a |
| Inherited: No | |
Controls whether text content that overflows a fixed box space should display an ellipsis ( . . . ) at the end of the line to indicate more text is available. The element should also have its overflow style attribute set to hidden. |
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| CSS Syntax | |
text-overflow: overflowType
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| Value | |
One of two constants: clip | ellipsis. |
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| Initial Value | |
clip |
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| Example | |
td {overflow:hidden; white-space:nowrap; text-overflow:ellipsis}
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| Applies To | |
Block-level elements. |
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| Object Model Reference | |
[window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.textOverflow
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