Wrap a text within only two lines inside div

I want to wrap a text within only two lines inside div of specific width. If text goes beyond the length of two lines then I want to show ellipses. Is there a way to do that using CSS?

e.g.

Sample text showing wrapping
of text in only two line...

Limiting output to two lines of text is possible with CSS, if you set the line-height and height of the element, and set overflow:hidden;:

#someDiv {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    height: 3em;       /* height is 2x line-height, so two lines will display */
    overflow: hidden;  /* prevents extra lines from being visible */
}

--- jsFiddle DEMO ---

Alternatively, you can use the CSS text-overflow and white-space properties to add ellipses, but this only appears to work for a single line.

#someDiv {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    height: 3em;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    width: 100%;
}

And a demo:

--- jsFiddle DEMO ---

Achieving both multiple lines of text and ellipses appears to be the realm of javascript.

Another simple and quick solution

.giveMeEllipsis {
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   display: -webkit-box;
   -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
   -webkit-line-clamp: N; /* number of lines to show */
   line-height: X;        /* fallback */
   max-height: X*N;       /* fallback */
}

The reference to the original question and answer is here

The best one I've seen which is CSS only and responsive comes from Mobify Developer Blog - CSS Ellipsis: How to Manage Multi-Line Ellipsis in Pure CSS:

JS Fiddle Example

CSS:

html, body, p { margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif;}

.ellipsis {
	overflow: hidden;
	height: 200px;
	line-height: 25px;
	margin: 20px;
	border: 5px solid #AAA; }

.ellipsis:before {
	content:"";
	float: left;
	width: 5px; height: 200px; }

.ellipsis > *:first-child {
	float: right;
	width: 100%;
	margin-left: -5px; }		

.ellipsis:after {
	content: "\02026";  

	box-sizing: content-box;
	-webkit-box-sizing: content-box;
	-moz-box-sizing: content-box;
	float: right; position: relative;
	top: -25px; left: 100%; 
	width: 3em; margin-left: -3em;
	padding-right: 5px;
		
	text-align: right;

	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top,
		from(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)), to(white), color-stop(50%, white));
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);			
	background: -o-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);
	background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white); }

Html:

<div class="ellipsis">
    <div class="blah">
        <p>Call me Ishmael. Some years ago &ndash; never mind how long precisely &ndash; having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off &ndash; then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.</p>
    </div>
</div>

CSS only

    overflow: hidden;
    display: -webkit-box;
    -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;

I believe the CSS-only solution text-overflow: ellipsis applies to one line only, so you won't be able to go this route:

.yourdiv {
	
	line-height: 1.5em; /* Sets line height to 1.5 times text size */
	height: 3em; /* Sets the div height to 2x line-height (3 times text size) */
	width: 100%; /* Use whatever width you want */
	white-space: normal; /* Wrap lines of text */
	overflow: hidden; /* Hide text that goes beyond the boundaries of the div */
	text-overflow: ellipsis; /* Ellipses (cross-browser) */
	-o-text-overflow: ellipsis; /* Ellipses (cross-browser) */
}

Have you tried http://tpgblog.com/threedots/ for jQuery?

CSS only solution for Webkit

// Only for DEMO
$(function() {

  $('#toggleWidth').on('click', function(e) {

    $('.multiLineLabel').toggleClass('maxWidth');

  });

})

.multiLineLabel {
  display: inline-block;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  white-space: pre-line;
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

.multiLineLabel .textMaxLine {
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
  overflow: hidden;
}


/* Only for DEMO */

.multiLineLabel.maxWidth {
  width: 100px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="multiLineLabel">
  <span class="textMaxLine">This text is going to wrap automatically in 2 lines in case the width of the element is not sufficiently wide.</span>
</div>
<br/>
<button id="toggleWidth">Toggle Width</button>

Try something like this: http://jsfiddle.net/6jdj3pcL/1/

<p>Here is a paragraph with a lot of text ...</p>

p {
    line-height: 1.5em;
    height: 3em;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 300px;
}

p::before {
   content: '...';
   float: right;
   margin-top: 1.5em;
}

Typically a one-line truncate is quite simple

.truncate-text {
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

Two line truncate is a little bit more tricky, but it can be done with css this example is in sass.

@mixin multiLineEllipsis($lineHeight: 1.2rem, $lineCount: 2, $bgColor: white, $padding-right: 0.3125rem, $width: 1rem, $ellipsis-right: 0) {
  overflow: hidden; /* hide text if it is more than $lineCount lines  */
  position: relative; /* for set '...' in absolute position */
  line-height: $lineHeight; /* use this value to count block height */
  max-height: $lineHeight * $lineCount; /* max-height = line-height * lines max number */
  padding-right: $padding-right; /* place for '...' */
  white-space: normal; /* overwrite any white-space styles */
  word-break: break-all; /* will break each letter in word */
  text-overflow: ellipsis; /* show ellipsis if text is broken */

  &::before {
    content: '...'; /* create the '...'' points in the end */
    position: absolute;
    right: $ellipsis-right;
    bottom: 0;
  }

  &::after {
    content: ''; /* hide '...'' if we have text, which is less than or equal to max lines and add $bgColor */
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    width: $width;
    height: 1rem * $lineCount;
    margin-top: 0.2rem;
    background: $bgColor; /* because we are cutting off the diff we need to add the color back. */
  }
}

See http://jsfiddle.net/SWcCt/.

Just set a line-height the half of height:

line-height:20px;
height:40px;

Of course, in order to make text-overflow: ellipsis work you also need:

overflow:hidden;
white-space: pre;

@Asiddeen bn Muhammad's solution worked for me with a little modification to the css

	.text {
 line-height: 1.5;
  height: 6em; 
white-space: normal;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
display: block;
-webkit-line-clamp: 2;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
 }

Below worked for me:

CSS:

.longWordBreakParent {
  display: flex;
}
.longWordBreak {
  word-break: break-all;
}

HTML:

<div className="longWordBreakParent">
	<span className='longWordBreak'>someverylongtextthatcannotbefitinoneline</span>
</div>

In all these examples, let’s assume we have:

#someDiv {
  width: 250px;
  overflow: hidden;
}