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For Samsung browsers, they will have issues with the text-overflow:ellipsis unless text-rendering is not set to auto.

Does not work on select tag for Chrome and IE.

There are some issues to consider when using this CSS property: Text-overflow:ellipsis is generally available on the majority of modern browsers. Praeterea iter est quasdam res quas ex communi. To fix this we add the min-width:0 property to the parent element that contains the text (or the outer most container that the width is overflowing)! The first two examples, we can see that the clipped text

#Flexbox text overflow ellipsis full

Open the following codepen in another page to see the full effect: See the Pen Flexbox and white-space: nowrap issue by ⭐ Kentaro ⭐ CodePen.Īs we can see in the above example, the first two examples do not behave as we expect it to. When we have a long text and want to clip it willĮllipsis, the flex column appears to be wider than it should be!

When dealing with flex layouts, sometimes the text-overflow:ellipsis does not work as we expect.

#Flexbox text overflow ellipsis how to

How to fix text-overflow:ellipsis issues with flex layouts So when trying to add a ellipsis, make sure to review the following HTML tags that have display:inline as their default. One way to get around this is to set the display to display:inline-block or display:block. This is because display:inline will not allow you to set the width of the element -Īnd this will be required by text-overflow:ellipsis. Since text-overflow:ellipsis requires you to explictly set the width of the element, we have to review the display property of the element.Įlements that have display:inline as their default behaviour will not work. Check the HTML tag default display property White-space:nowrap tells to the browser to collapse white space (change multiple white spaces in a piece of text into one space) and suppress line breaks. This value will not show any scrollbars or give the user opportunity to scroll. In this case, we want to hide/clip the content if it is Overflow:hidden overrides the default behaviour when the content of an element overflows its width/ height. a Adding overflow:hidden AND white-space:nowrapįor text-overflow:ellipsis to work correctly, we need to have the following properties set: Take the following example HTML with long text: This does not support widths and therefore the text-overflow:ellipsis will not work! Review the containing element and add a width value that is not percentage (%) Tags such as have a default of display:inline.

Check the HTML tag default display property.

Add overflow:hidden AND white-space:nowrap.

Review the containing element and add a width (or max-width)value that is not percentage (%).

More information here Steps to fix text-overflow:ellipsis issues This can be useful for grid or card components, when the text is too long that could break your layout.

Generally, when we use this technique to add a ellipis (. Will not work when the containing element does not have overflow:hidden AND white-space:nowrap set.Percentage units ( %) will not work here! Only explicit units such as px, em, rem will work. Check the containing element has a width value set.

#Flexbox text overflow ellipsis code

Reasons text-overflow:ellipsis is not working in your code when the text is longer than the specified width of the grid. To get around this we can use the text-overflow:ellipsis to add a. For example, when you have a gallery grid with image titles, when we have a very long title it can stuff up the layout.