Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-23 Thread Oliver Boermans
You could possibly use JavaScript to implement it in browsers that don’t support it. I’ve seen a few jQuery plugins written for the purpose. For example: http://dotdotdot.frebsite.nl/ I’ve not used it myself. HTH Ollie On 23/11/2011, at 4:13 PM, Ben Buchanan w...@200ok.com.au wrote:

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-22 Thread Ben Buchanan
text-overflow: ellipsis? http://www.quirksmode.org/css/textoverflow.html Thank you, yes, the text-overflow property is great but does not work in Firefox 3.6. Do you know of a work-around for Firefox. Unless you have a really massive FF 3.6 userbase that you know is blocked from upgrades, I'd

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-15 Thread David Laakso
On 11/15/11 12:49 AM, Grant Bailey wrote: Is anyone able to offer suggestions as to how demonstrate to the user that overflow content has been truncated, like this (see attachment). Grant Bailey I guess the question for me is whether I understand the question??? Set width in %,

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-15 Thread Grant Bailey
David, Thank you for your reply. I think you mean page layout - I was asking about tables for data. I've since been able to muddle through. Regards, Grant On 15/11/2011 7:42 PM, David Laakso wrote: On 11/15/11 12:49 AM, Grant Bailey wrote: Is anyone able to offer suggestions as to how

[WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-14 Thread Grant Bailey
Hello, Is anyone able to offer suggestions as to how demonstrate to the user that overflow content has been truncated, like this (see attachment). There are some jQuery solutions available but I was hoping for a CSS-only solution, especially one that could cope with flexible column widths.

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-14 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Grant Bailey grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au wrote: Is anyone able to offer suggestions as to how demonstrate to the user that overflow content has been truncated, like this (see attachment). text-overflow: ellipsis?

Re: [WSG] Using ellipsis to indicate truncated overflow content

2011-11-14 Thread Grant Bailey
Matthew, Thank you, yes, the text-overflow property is great but does not work in Firefox 3.6. Do you know of a work-around for Firefox. Many thanks, Grant Bailey On 15/11/2011 4:56 PM, Matthew Pennell wrote: On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Grant Bailey grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au