This paragraph is a little too short to be truncated. You’ll notice it still has all of its formatting applied.
This paragraph is much, much longer. You’ll notice that because it is so long, the algorythm strips out
all
HTML tags including
links
. However, if you click the more link you’ll see the original HTML. This is because we are using jQuery’s
text()
function to strip out the HTML. This ends up being one of the easiest ways to calculate where to insert ellipsis. Check out the source on this CodePen to see how it all works! Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.
Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.