react-lines-ellipsis

Poor man's multiline ellipsis component for React.JS https://xiaody.github.io/react-lines-ellipsis/

Installation

To install the stable version:

npm install --save react-lines-ellipsis

Usage

import LinesEllipsis from 'react-lines-ellipsis'

<LinesEllipsis
  text='long long text'
  maxLine='3'
  ellipsis='...'
  trimRight
  basedOn='letters'
/>

Options

props.text {String}

The text you want to clamp.

props.maxLine {Number|String}

Max count of lines allowed. Default 1.

props.ellipsis {String}

Text content of the ellipsis. Default ….

props.trimRight {Boolean}

Trim right the clamped text to avoid putting the ellipsis on an empty line. Default true.

props.basedOn {String}

Split by letters or words. By default it uses a guess based on your text.

props.component {String}

The tagName of the rendered node. Default div.

Limitations

• not clamps text on the server side or with JavaScript disabled
• only accepts plain text by default. Use lib/html.js for experimental rich html support
• can be fooled by some special styles: ::first-letter, ligatures, etc.
• requires modern browsers env

Experimental html truncation

import HTMLEllipsis from 'react-lines-ellipsis/lib/html'

<HTMLEllipsis
  unsafeHTML='simple html content'
  maxLine='5'
  ellipsis='...'
  basedOn='letters'
/>

Responsive to window resize and orientation change

import LinesEllipsis from 'react-lines-ellipsis'
import responsiveHOC from 'react-lines-ellipsis/lib/responsiveHOC'

const ResponsiveEllipsis = responsiveHOC()(LinesEllipsis)
// then just use ResponsiveEllipsis

Loose version

This is a non-standardized css-based solution for some webkit-based browsers. It may have better render performance but also can be fragile. Be sure to test your use case if you use it. See https://css-tricks.com/line-clampin/#article-header-id-0 for some introduction.

import LinesEllipsisLoose from 'react-lines-ellipsis/lib/loose'

<LinesEllipsisLoose
  text='long long text'
  maxLine='2'
  lineHeight='16'
/>

Dev TODOs

• demo page
• test cases
• improve performance