JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Yandy Viera

HTML

<p>Go hover to see a higher text</p>

<div class="center-div-content">
    <div class="center-div">
        this is
    </div>
</div>

<p>of course you can place the large text directly inside the div, the meta :after is only to show how it looks with a small text and with a big one</p>

<div class="center-div-content">
    <div class="center-div">
        this is a long long long long long long long long long long long long text
    </div>
</div>

CSS

.center-div-content{    
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    background: #f5f5f5;
}

.center-div {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;    
    top: 50%;
    text-align: center;
    
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    white-space: nowrap;
    
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
    -moz-transform: translateY(-50%);
    transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.center-div-content:hover .center-div:after{
    content:'a long long long long long long long long long long long long text'
}