CSS word-wrap / text-overflow with fixed height [duplicate]

Question

i have the following example.

HTML:

<div class="test">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</div>

CSS:

.test { display: block; height: 299px; left: 230px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; top: 110px; white-space: pre-line; width: 199px; z-index: 1; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #777777; position: absolute; }

What i wish?

want i want Thank you in Advance!

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:48:26Z

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text-overflow: ellipsis only works on single line content as you need the line white-space:nowrap for it to work.

Check this post for some ideas for workarounds

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:48

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