Pure CSS Ellipsis For Three or More Lines of Text

Question

Is there a CSS-only way (no JavaScript/jQuery) to only show the first two lines and, if there are three or more lines, hide the extra lines and show an ellipsis?

For example, how can I take this fiddle:

http://jsfiddle.net/0yyr3e63/

...and make it look like this?

Lorem Ipsum Dolor
Sit Amet Consectetur

Ut Enim Ad Minim
Veniam Quis Nostrud...

Duis Aute Irure
Dolor In...

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can use text-overflow:ellipsis property with height.

Like this

.truncate 
{
width: 250px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
height:100px;
}

By using text-overflow, you can display your output without using javascript.

Sources

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To Learn more about truncating. Read this link

New Update

For multiline ellipsis you can use this method.

css
.classname:after{
content: "\02026";
} 

Multiline-Ellipsis

Few Links which i think might be useful

1.Codepen example

2.Css Tricks