JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Trae

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="resizable">
	<p style="text-align: justify"><span>Lorem ipsum <strong>dolor sit amet, <a href="teste">consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in</a> reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa</strong> qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</span></p>
</div>
<br>

<table border="1">
	<tr>
		<th>Name</th>
		<th>Description</th>
		<th>Value</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>jQuery</td>
		<td><div class="res1"><span>Lorem ipsum <strong>dolor sit amet, <a href="teste">consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in</a> reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa</strong> qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</span></div></td>
		<td nowrap>U$ 20.00</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>jQuery</td>
		<td><div class="res1"><span>Lorem ipsum <strong>dolor sit amet, <a href="teste">consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in</a> reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa</strong> qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</span></div></td>
		<td nowrap>U$ 20.00</td>
	</tr>
</table>

CSS

span {font-size: 20px; }
    #resizable { width: 350px; height: 300px; background: silver; overflow: hidden; }
	.res1 {height: 50px; overflow: hidden;}
	#resizable p {margin: 0; padding: 0 10px;}

JavaScript

/*!
 * jQuery-Reticence JavaScript Plugin v0.2.0
 * https://github.com/kawamanza/jquery-reticence
 *
 * Copyright 2011, Marcelo Manzan
 * Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses.
 * http://jquery.org/license
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
 *
 * Date: Thu Jul 28 11:46:10 2011 -0300
 */
(function ($) {
    var SCAN_WORDS = /\s*(?:<.*?>|[^\s<]+)/gm,
        SCAN_CHARS = /\s*(?:<.*?>|[^\s<])/gm,
        TAG_NAME = /^\s*<\/?([^\s>]+).*$/m,
        closingTag = "</",
        dataName = "reticence",
        reticentClass = "reticent";
    function tagName(str) {
        return str && str.replace(TAG_NAME, "$1");
    }
    function redraw($el) {
        var rdata = $el.data(dataName),
            container = rdata.container,
            containerHeight,
            ancestor = rdata.ancestor, scan = rdata.scan,
            p = scan.length - 1, c, captures = [], html,
            i, h, l, reticent = false;
        container.removeClass(reticentClass);
        do {
            if (html) {
                do {
                    c = scan[p--];
                    if ((i = c.indexOf("<") + 1) != 0) {
                        if (c.charAt(i) != "/" && captures.length
                                && captures[0].indexOf(closingTag) != -1
                                && tagName(c) == tagName(captures[0])) {
                            captures.shift();
                        } else {
                            captures.unshift(c);
                        }
                    }
                    l = l - c.length;
                    html = html.substr(0, l);
                } while (i != 0 && p != -1);
                $el.html(html + "..." + captures.join(""));
                if (! reticent) {
                  reticent = true;
                  container.addClass(reticentClass);
                }
            } else {
                html = scan.join("");
                l =...