text-overflow CSS property

text-overflow: clip;

text-overflow: ellipsis;

text-overflow: "-";

text-overflow: "";

<section id="default-example">
  <div id="example-element-container">
    <p id="example-element">"Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.</p>
  </div>
</section>

#example-element-container {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 18em;
}

#example-element {
  line-height: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
  overflow: hidden;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  padding: 0 0.5em;
  text-align: left;
}

overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;

text-overflow: clip;
text-overflow: ellipsis ellipsis;
text-overflow: ellipsis " [..]";

/* Global values */
text-overflow: inherit;
text-overflow: initial;
text-overflow: revert;
text-overflow: revert-layer;
text-overflow: unset;

<div class="ltr">
  <h2>Left to right text</h2>
  <pre>clip</pre>
  <p class="overflow-clip">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
  </p>
  <pre>ellipsis</pre>
  <p class="overflow-ellipsis">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
  </p>
  <pre>" [..]"</pre>
  <p class="overflow-string">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
  </p>
</div>

<div class="rtl">
  <h2>Right to left text</h2>
  <pre>clip</pre>
  <p class="overflow-clip">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
  </p>
  <pre>ellipsis</pre>
  <p class="overflow-ellipsis">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
  </p>
  <pre>" [..]"</pre>
  <p class="overflow-string">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
  </p>
</div>

p {
  width: 200px;
  border: 1px solid;
  padding: 2px 5px;

  /* Both of the following are required for text-overflow */
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.overflow-clip {
  text-overflow: clip;
}

.overflow-ellipsis {
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

.overflow-string {
  text-overflow: " [..]";
}

body {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-around;
}

.ltr > p {
  direction: ltr;
}

.rtl > p {
  direction: rtl;
}

<pre>clip clip</pre>
<p class="overflow-clip-clip">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
</p>
<pre>clip ellipsis</pre>
<p class="overflow-clip-ellipsis">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
</p>
<pre>ellipsis ellipsis</pre>
<p class="overflow-ellipsis-ellipsis">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
</p>
<pre>ellipsis " [..]"</pre>
<p class="overflow-ellipsis-string">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.
</p>

p {
  width: 200px;
  border: 1px solid;
  padding: 2px 5px;

  /* Both of the following are required for text-overflow */
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: scroll;
}

.overflow-clip-clip {
  text-overflow: clip clip;
}

.overflow-clip-ellipsis {
  text-overflow: clip ellipsis;
}

.overflow-ellipsis-ellipsis {
  text-overflow: ellipsis ellipsis;
}

.overflow-ellipsis-string {
  text-overflow: ellipsis " [..]";
}

// Scroll each paragraph so the start is also hidden
const paras = document.querySelectorAll("p");

for (const para of paras) {
  para.scroll(100, 0);
}