Clip long text label

Shows clipping of very long text label using bootstrap tabs

by Josh Carroll

HTML

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<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
    <li class="active"><a href="#"><i class="icon-remove icon-white icon-large pull-right"></i></a><a href="#example" data-toggle="tab"><span class="truncate">This is a really really long label that stretches across several lines</span></a>

        <div class="vert-rule">&nbsp;</div>
    </li>
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-remove icon-white icon-large pull-right"></i></a><a href="#html" data-toggle="tab"><span class="vert-rule">&nbsp;</span><span class="truncate">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec faucibus odio quis augue facilisis faucibus. Fusce tempor ullamcorper velit a condimentum. Mauris lectus metus, gravida malesuada ultricies et, tristique eget leo.</span></a>

    </li>
    <li><a href="#"><i class="icon-remove icon-white icon-large pull-right"></i></a><a href="#script" data-toggle="tab"><span class="truncate">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec faucibus odio quis augue facilisis faucibus. Fusce tempor ullamcorper velit a condimentum. Mauris lectus metus, gravida malesuada ultricies et, tristique eget leo.</span><div class="vert-rule">&nbsp;</div></a>

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    <li class="node-switcher-tab"><a href="#plus"><i class="icon-plus icon-white icon-large"></i></a>

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    <div class="tab-pane active" id="example">
        <p>By wrapping the link text in a span like so:</p> <pre>
                        <code class="html">
&lt;li&gt;
   &lt;a href=&quot;#&quot;&gt;&lt;i class=&quot;icon-remove icon-white icon-large pull-right&quot;&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
   &lt;a href=&quot;#script&quot; data-toggle=&quot;tab&quot;&gt;
      &lt;span class=&quot;truncate&quot;&gt;Long Text here&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;div class=&quot;vert-rule&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  ...

CSS

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 article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, nav, section {
    display: block;
}
audio, canvas, video {
    display: inline-block;
    *display: inline;
    *zoom: 1;
}
audio:not([controls]) {
    display: none;
}
html {
    font-size: 100%;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}
a:focus {
    outline: thin dotted #333333;
    outline: 5px auto -webkit-focus-ring-color;
    outline-offset: -2px;
}
a:hover, a:active {
    outline: 0;
}
sub, sup {
    position: relative;
    font-size: 75%;
    line-height: 0;
    vertical-align: baseline;
}
sup {
    top: -0.5em;
}
sub {
    bottom: -0.25em;
}
img {
    /* Responsive images (ensure images don't scale beyond their parents) */
    max-width: 100%;
    /* Part 1: Set a maxium relative to the parent */
    width: auto\9;
    /* IE7-8 need help adjusting responsive images */
    height: auto;
    /* Part 2: Scale the height according to the width, otherwise you get stretching */
    vertical-align: middle;
    border: 0;
    -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;
}
#map_canvas img, .google-maps img {
    max-width: none;
}
button, input, select, textarea {
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 100%;
    vertical-align: middle;
}
button, input {
    *overflow: visible;
    line-height: normal;
}
button::-moz-focus-inner, input::-moz-focus-inner {
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
}
button, html input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"] {
    -webkit-appearance: button;
    cursor: pointer;
}
label, select, button, input[type="button"], input[type="reset"], input[type="submit"], input[type="radio"], input[type="checkbox"] {
    cursor: pointer;
}
input[type="search"] {
    -webkit-box-sizing: content-box;
    -moz-box-sizing:...

JavaScript

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