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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Fourth Edition

By : Ben Frain
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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Fourth Edition

3.5 (4)
By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Fourth Edition, is a fully revamped and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques for responsive web design. It emphasizes pragmatic application, teaching you the approaches needed to build most real-life websites, with downloadable examples in every chapter. Written in the author's friendly and easy-to-follow style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design, including approaches for better accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, and the latest color manipulation tools making their way to browsers. You can enjoy coverage of bleeding-edge features such as CSS layers, container queries, nesting, and subgrid. The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author. By the end of the book, you will not only have a comprehensive understanding of responsive web design and what is possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also the knowledge of how to best implement each technique. Read through as a complete guide or dip in as a reference for each topic-focused chapter.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section I: The Fundamentals of Responsive Web Design
7
Section II: Core Skills for Effective Front-End Web Development
16
Section III: Latest Platform Features and Parting Advice
19
Other Books You May Enjoy
20
Index

Truncating text

Sometimes, you encounter a situation where space is limited and you would prefer to see text truncated rather than wrapped. We’ve been trained to spot truncated text on websites for years with the ellipsis symbol “...”.

Single-line truncation

This is straightforward in CSS. Consider this markup (you can view this example in example_15-01):

<p class="truncate">
  OK, listen up, I've figured out the key to eternal happiness. All you
  need to do is eat lots of scones.
</p>

However, we actually want to truncate the text at 530 px wide, so it looks like this:

Figure 15.1: Truncation is handy when keeping dimensions constant is of paramount importance

Here is the CSS to make that happen:

.truncate {
  width: 530px;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

Each one of those properties is needed to make the truncation occur.

You can read the specification...