HTML-CSS: Trim multiline text

Last update on May 28 2022 07:25:51 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

HTML-CSS : Exercise-44 with Solution

Using HTML, CSS limit multiline text to a given number of lines.

Use -webkit-line-clamp to set the maximum number of lines to be displayed.
Set display to -webkit-box and -webkit-box-orient to vertical, as they are required for -webkit-line-clamp to be applied.
Apply overflow: hidden to hide any overflow after the text is trimmed.

HTML Code:

<!--License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Using HTML, CSS limit multiline text to a given number of lines</title>
</head>
<body>
<p class="excerpt">
   The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
</p>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

.excerpt {
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  overflow: hidden;
}

HTML-CSS Editor:

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HTML-CSS: Tips of the Day

What is the difference between id and class in CSS, and when should I use them?

Example:

<div id="header_id" class="header_class">
Text
</div>

#header_id {font-color:#fff}
.header_class {font-color:#000}

(Note that CSS uses the prefix # for IDs and . for Classes.)

However color was an HTML 4.01 <font> tag attribute deprecated in HTML 5. In CSS there is no "font-color", the style is color so the above should read:

Example:

<div id="header_id" class="header_class">
Text
</div>

#header_id {color:#fff}
.header_class {color:#000}

The text would be white.

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