JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by hammerbrostime December 02, 2013 HTML <div class="container"> <h2>This is a very long heading that should wrap with ellipsis when too long, but have a button to it's right.</h2> <button>Hello.</button> </div> <div class="container"> <h2>This is short.</h2> <button>Sup</button> </div> CSS .container { display: inline-block; max-width:100%; position: relative; } h2 { padding-right: 200px; box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-all; word-wrap: break-word; /*display: inline-block; */ display:block; /*width: 100%;*/ width:auto; } button { position: absolute; width: 100px; right: 95px; top: 2em; }