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Created September 3, 2010 18:38
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Adds a test to Modernizr to detect support for text-overflow.
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Modernizr.TextOverflow.js
Modernizr.addTest('textoverflow', function () {
var s = document.documentElement.style;
return 'textOverflow' in s || 'OTextOverflow' in s;
});
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This test is shamelessly adapted from this comment by kangax on Ajaxian.

Allows css like

.textoverflow .line-that-might-wrap {
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  whites-space: nowrap;
  width: 100%; /* Any width, for IE6 */
}

Without it looking bad in Firefox.

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