HTML-CSS: Truncate multiline text
HTML-CSS : Exercise-43 with Solution
Using HTML, CSS truncates text that is longer than one line.
- Use overflow: hidden to prevent the text from overflowing its dimensions.
- Set a fixed width to ensure the element has at least one constant dimension.
- Set height: 109.2px as calculated from the font-size, using the formula font-size * line-height * numberOfLines (in this case 26 * 1.4 * 3 = 109.2).
- Set height: 36.4px as calculated for the gradient container, based on the formula font-size * line-height (in this case 26 * 1.4 = 36.4).
- Use background with linear-gradient() to create a gradient from transparent to the background-color.
HTML Code:
<!--License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Using HTML, CSS truncates text that is longer than one line</title>
</head>
<body>
<p class="truncate-text-multiline">
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Code:
.truncate-text-multiline {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
height: 109.2px;
margin: 0 auto;
font-size: 26px;
line-height: 1.4;
width: 400px;
background: #f5f6f9;
color: #333;
}
.truncate-text-multiline:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
width: 150px;
height: 36.4px;
background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), #f5f6f9 50%);
}
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HTML-CSS: Tips of the Day
How to get CSS to select ID that begins with a string ?
[id^=product]
^= indicates "starts with". Conversely, $= indicates "ends with".
The symbols are actually borrowed from Regex syntax, where ^ and $ mean "start of string" and "end of string" respectively.
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