text-overflow ellipsis with 100% width

truncate.css

/*
Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/elky/f6khaf2t/

<div class="element">
  <div class="truncate">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt
    ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
    laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
    voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
    non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
  </div>
</div>
*/

.element {
  display: table;
  table-layout: fixed;
  width: 100%;
}

.truncate {
  display: table-cell;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  overflow: hidden;
}

@elky

@skaffo

god bless you

the hero we need but do not deserve

you are amazing!

you are great! thx!!

I always feel sad because you all wiser than me.

Thank you !

Praise the lord.

Thank you jezuzzz!!!

saved my days

THANKS !!!!

Waow, nice trick, it works like a charm, many thx!

@elky
I just saw that it doesn't work if the parent element is a button

<button class="element">
  <span class="truncate">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt
    ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
    laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
    voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat
    non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
  </span>
</button>

.element {
  display: table;
  table-layout: fixed;
  width: 100%;
}

.truncate {
  display: table-cell;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  overflow: hidden;
}

@insinfo thanks for noticing. For button you don't even need that table-hack. Just use the following:

.element {
  width: 100%;
}

.truncate {
  display: block; /* in case you use span */
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  overflow: hidden;
}

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And today it saved my life.
I salute You!

I can't thank you enough for this o7

I will be your disciple and spread the good word of how to actually get ellipsis overflow working as reasonable person expects it to work.

Gigachad! THANKS!! ✨

Bless your whole family!