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The text-overflow CSS property with a string value sets the string representing clipped text.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
✕Not supportedup to 155
Current: 155
Edge
✕Not supportedup to 154
Current: 154
Firefox
1–8Not supported
9+Supportedsince Dec 20, 2011
Current: 157
Safari
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
✕Not supportedup to 155
Current: 155
Firefox Android
4–8Not supported
9+Supportedsince Dec 21, 2011
Current: 157
Safari iOS
✕Not supportedup to 27
Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Chrome, Edge, Safari, Chrome Android, Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN — see the links below.

Feature detection

CSS · check before using
@supports (text-overflow: string) {
  /* styles that rely on text-overflow: string */
}

/* or in JavaScript */
if (CSS.supports("text-overflow", "string")) {
  // use it
}

Specification