JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div>This is some ellipsed text</div>

CSS

div{overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    white-space: nowrap;
    width: 50px;}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("div").bind('click', function(){
        alert($(this).text());
    });
});