Does no one have any answers to this question...It has been quite a
while and I could really use some suggestions. Thanks.
On Oct 3, 9:21 am, zacharyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been working with Brian Reindel's Truncate plug-in....trying to get ti
> to do what I need. It seems simple enough, but I continue to struggle. The
> plug-in is designed to truncate the html content within a tag to a certain
> length...taking into consideration the whole last word. It works
> great...however I need to truncate a list item that contains both text and a
> link; like so:
>
> <li>This is the text that leads to: # A link that needs to be truncated
> .</li>
>
> The function currently looks like this:
>
> $('li a').truncate( {
> length: 35,
> minTrail: 10,
> moreText: '',
> lessText: '',
> ellipsisText: "..."
> });
>
> But this obviously only takes care of the link...if the text behind it is
> too long it will still push the truncated link down to the next line...If I
> try to do the li it completely removes the link tag no matter its
> length....and if I try to change the selector in the plugin from
> $(this).html() to $(this).text() it removes the anchor tag
> completely....though it works just fine.
>
> Basically I need some way to keep my anchor tag in operation, yet take the
> whole text contained within the li into consideration when determining where
> to truncate. Your help is much appreciated...Please let me know if you have
> any questions to further clarify my problem. Thanks.
>
> btw...the Plugin is located here in case you'd like to see it or use it
> yourself:http://www.reindel.com/truncate/
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