The "text-overflow" CSS Property

New in CSS3

This property determines how overflowed content that is not displayed is signaled to users.

Values for "text-overflow"

CSS Level	Value
CSS 2.1	(invalid)
CSS3	"[ clip | ellipsis | <string> ]{1,2}"

Notes

• Strings and the two value syntax are currently not widely supported.

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search "text-overflow" (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search "text-overflow" (email client compatibility information)
• CSS3: text-overflow property
• MDN: text-overflow property

Search Engine Links (for more information)

• Bing "CSS text-overflow property"
• Google "CSS text-overflow property"