Style textOverflow Property

Change the textOverflow property:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.textOverflow = "ellipsis";

Description

The textOverflow property specifies what should happen when text overflows the containing element.

Property
textOverflow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the textOverflow property:

object.style.textOverflow

Set the textOverflow property:

object.style.textOverflow = "clip|ellipsis| string|initial|inherit"

Value	Description
clip	Default value. Clips the text
ellipsis	Render an ellipsis ("...") to represent clipped text
string	Render the given string to represent clipped text
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Default Value:	clip
Return Value:	A String, representing the text-overflow property of an element
CSS Version	CSS3