html - Is it possible to use text-overflow:ellipsis on multiline text?

Question

I have a <p> tag with a specific width and height.

I want to use text-overflow:ellipsis to get ... if the text in the tag is too long.

Is this possible to solve with css on multiline text?

Answer 1

Googling doesn't reveal anything even remotely promising, so I'm going to say that it's not possible.

I did find text-overflow: -o-ellipsis-lastline, but it only works in Opera: http://people.opera.com/dstorey/text/text-overflow.html (mirror: http://jsbin.com/exugux/)

There's also a similar WebKit-only solution: http://dropshado.ws/post/1015351370/webkit-line-clamp