<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div.a {
white-space: nowrap;
width: 50px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: clip;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
div.b {
white-space: nowrap;
width: 50px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
div.c {
white-space: nowrap;
width: 50px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: "----";
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The text-overflow Property</h1>
<p>The following two divs contains a text that will not fit in the box.</p>
<h2>text-overflow: clip (default):</h2>
<div class="a">Hello world!</div>
<h2>text-overflow: ellipsis:</h2>
<div class="b">Hello world!</div>
<h2>text-overflow: "----" (user defined string):</h2>
<div class="c">Hello world!</div>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The text-overflow: "<em>string</em>" only works in
Firefox.</p>
</body>
</html>
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