Min-height flexbox container

Question

I want to center the content inside container horizontally. I used the min-height & flexbox, but in Internet Explorer this solution doesn't work. I can't use simple height , because:

• the layout are responsive
• content can have different lengths

In the case, where the content will be longer that container, the layout will be break (when using height - so I must using min-height...)

I prepare a small demo with 'hack' for the IE: http://jsfiddle.net/pujceaam

HTML

<div id="content" class="flex-center">
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CSS

.flex-center {
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: -webkit-flex;
    display: flex;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    -webkit-align-items: center;
    align-items: center;
    background: rgba(125, 125, 125, .5);
    min-height: calc(100vh - 100px);
}
.va-parent {
    width: 100%;
    display: table;
}
.va-children {
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

JS

$(function () {

    //detect IE
    var isIE = (window.navigator.msPointerEnabled) || (document.all && document.addEventListener && !window.atob);

    //old method to vertical align content
    function flexible() {
        var c1 = $('#content'),
            c2 = $('#content2');

        if (c1.height() > c2.height()) {
            c1.addClass('va-parent');
            c2.addClass('va-children');
        }
    }

    //apply old method if IE
    if (isIE) flexible();

});

But I don't know if it's a good solution?
Or maybe someone has another idea?

EDIT: In content can be grids, images, tables, lists etc. content - not only a text :)

Answer 1

Truncate String with Ellipsis

.truncate {
  width: 250px;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}