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HTML DOM Style textOverflow Property
The DOM style textOverflow property returns and apply what should happen when the text flow outside the element container in an HTML document.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning textOverflow
object.style.textOverflow
Modifying textOverflow
object.style.textOverflow = “value”
Values
Here, value can be −
| Value | Explanation |
|---|---|
| inherit | It inherits this property value from its parent element. |
| initial | It set this property value to its default value. |
| clip | It clip the overflowing text. |
| ellipsis | It sets an ellipsis(“...”) to represent the clipped text of an element. |
| string | It sets the given string to represent the clipped text of an element. |
Example
Let us see an example of style textOverflow property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
color: #000;
background: lightblue;
height: 100vh;
}
p {
margin: 1.5rem auto;
border: 3px solid #fff;
width: 400px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: visible;
}
.btn {
background: #db133a;
border: none;
height: 2rem;
border-radius: 2px;
width: 40%;
display: block;
color: #fff;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>DOM Style textOverflow Property Example</h1>
<p>
This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text.
This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text.
This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text.
</p>
<button onclick="add()" class="btn">Change textOverflow</button>
<script>
function add() {
document.querySelector('p').style.textOverflow = "ellipsis";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Click on “Change textOverflow” button to change the behaviour of the overflowing paragraph text. The ellipses gets added here −
Updated on: 01-Jul-2020
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