An ellipsis is a series of dots, (usually 3, i.e. "…") used to indicate the omission of a word within some text, or more commonly that the preceding text has been truncated.
Questions tagged [ellipsis]
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What does `{...}` mean in the print output of a python variable?
Someone posted this interesting formulation, and I tried it out in a Python 3 console:
>>> (a, b) = a[b] = {}, 5
>>> a
{5: ({...}, 5)}
While there is a lot to unpack here, what I don't understand (and the semantics of interesting character…
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Truncating text and adding an ellipsis in CSS
I'm attempting to truncate a paragraph of text and adding an ellipsis after to indicate there is more content.
I attempted to use the CSS property text-overflow:ellipsis - however looking at examples of this it seems it is only possible with the use…
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using text-overflow:ellipsis; only when reaching 3 lines in a div
this is my css snippet
.test{
width:150px;
height:60px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
-o-text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
what it does is..
the quick brown fo...
what i want is
the quick brown…
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Detecting CSS text-overflow: ellipsis in Firefox
I'm trying to detect (via javascript) when text-overflow is in effect. After much research, I have a working solution, except in any version of Firefox:
http://jsfiddle.net/tonydew/mjnvk/
If you adjust the browser so that the ellipsis is applied,…
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ellipsis in css works in Firefox (16.0.2) but not in Chrome (22.0.1229.94)
I have the following html:
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Ellipsizing a set of names
OK, I'm sure somebody, somewhere must have come up with an algorithm for this already, so I figured I'd ask before I go off to (re)invent it myself.
I have a list of arbitrary (user-entered) non-empty text strings. Each string can be any length…
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CSS/JQuery powered sideways scrolling text on hover
I have a twitter feed on a website I run. However, it gets cut off on small screens. I have a bar tall enough for 1 line of text in which I have the latest tweet. I want the tweet to ellipsize or fade out at the end if it is too long. But on hover,…
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R: Documenting ellipsis arguments with roxygen2 in S4 generic
I have a number of functions that have related methods with different arguments that I want to document together within the generic. Is there a standard method for documenting arguments passed through an ellipsis to the different methods by an S4…
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CSS Animation, ellipses starting from the end and repeating
I have a very simple animation setup, to show a loading three dots. I got a bunch of them from around and picked the simplest looking one. The problem I have with it, is that it starts from 0 like it's told to. I need it to start from the…
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Add text-overflow: ellipsis; to table cell
I'm having trouble containing text in a table. I want to give it a text-overflow: ellipsis. But I can't seem to get it to work.
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