如何使用 webkit-line-clamp？

Question

I have this code for making my paragraph short

white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;

but the problem is that this code makes everything in one-line. I want to go with 3 lines of text then... I searched in the Google about it and I find out we have a WebKit for it

webkit-line-clamp

but I have no idea how to use it and it doesn't work...

Answer 1

Method - 1: Using text-overflow: ellipsis;

 span { white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; width: 250px; display: block; overflow: hidden }

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Method - 2: Using -webkit-line-clamp

 p { overflow: hidden; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 1; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; }

 <p>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</p>

Answer 2

Solution without flexbox

Set height of text container and use webkit-line-clamp accordingly.

.line-clamp-3 {
  display: block;
  display: -webkit-box;
  height: 50px;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

Text will be shown like this.

Solution with flexbox

You can also take help from this link: https://css-tricks.com/flexbox-truncated-text/

 .flex-parent { display: flex; }.short-and-fixed { width: 30px; height: 30px; }.long-and-truncated { margin: 0 20px; flex: 1; min-width: 0; }.long-and-truncated span { display: inline; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; word-wrap: break-word; }

 <div class="flex-parent"> <div class="flex-child short-and-fixed"> </div> <div class="flex-child long-and-truncated"> <span>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.</span> </div> <div class="flex-child short-and-fixed"> </div> </div>