Truncate text to fit in 3 lines and show three dots in end In Html

Question

I need to display a text as paragraph, but display only three lines and truncate the test while adding ...(three dots) in the paragraph end.

Answer 1

Calculate max length of string which can fit into 3 lines and use the following script

var maxLength = 140;
var result = yourString.substring(0, maxLength) + '...';

Answer 2

I use the same logic than @zavg with some improvements:

• Use the single … character.
• Respect the maximum size.

function truncate(source, size) {
  return source.length > size ? source.slice(0, size - 1) + "…" : source;
}

var res = truncate('Truncate text to fit in 3 lines', 14);
console.log(res);

Answer 3

.class-name {
        display: block;
        white-space: nowrap;
        width: 15em;
        overflow: hidden;
        text-overflow: ellipsis;
    }

    <div style="height: 15vh; padding: 10px;
                background:#dee0e5">
    <span>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry</span>
    </div>

<div style="height: 15vh;padding: 10px; margin-top:5px;
                background:#aff8af">
    <span class="class-name">Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry</span>
    </div>

Answer 4

Try the following css property:

.your-class-name {
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
  line-clamp: 3;
}