JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by pleinx

HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/ftlabs/ftellipsis/master/build/ftellipsis.min.js"></script>
<div class="row js-ellipsis">
  <p id="p">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </p>
  
  <p>
  
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </p>
  
  <p>
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
  </p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

div p {
  margin: 0 20px;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;  
}

JavaScript

(function(){"use strict";function t(t,e){t&&(this.el=t,this.container=e&&e.container,this.reRender=e&&e.reRender)}function e(e){e.style.display="none",t.r=e.offsetTop,e.style.display=""}function i(t,e){if(t)for(var i=e&&e.display,n=t.parentNode.children,l=a.call(n,t),o=l+1,s=n.length;s>o;o++)n[o].style.display=i}function n(t,e){var i=t.getClientRects(),n=0;return p(i,function(t){n+=l(t.height,e)}),n}function l(t,e){return Math.floor(t/e)}function o(){var t=document.createElement("test"),e={},i={Webkit:["WebkitColumnCount","WebkitColumnGap"],Moz:["MozColumnCount","MozColumnGap"],ms:["msColumnCount","msColumnGap"],"":["columnCount","columnGap"]};for(var n in i)i[n][0]in t.style&&(e.columnCount=i[n][0],e.columnGap=i[n][1],e[n.toLowerCase()]=!0);return e}function s(t){return parseInt(t[y.columnCount],10)||1}function h(t){return parseInt(t[y.columnGap],10)||0}function r(t){var e=parseInt(t.lineHeight,10);if(!e)throw Error(f[0]);return e}function u(t){return[t.offsetWidth,t.offsetHeight]}function p(t,e){for(var i=0,n=t.length;n>i&&!e(t[i]);i++);}var a=Array.prototype.indexOf,c=window.getComputedStyle,d="ellipsis-overflowing-child",m="ellipsis-set",f=["The ellipsis container must have line-height set on it"],y=o();t.prototype.calc=function(){if(!this.el)return this;var t=c(this.el),e=u(this.el);return this.columnHeight=e[1],this.columnCount=s(t),this.columnGap=h(t),this.columnWidth=e[0]/this.columnCount,this.lineHeight=r(t),this.deltaHeight=e[1]%this.lineHeight,this.linesPerColumn=Math.floor(this.columnHeight/this.lineHeight),this.totalLines=this.linesPerColumn*this.columnCount,!this.deltaHeight&&this.columnCount>1&&(this.el.style.height=this.columnHeight+"px"),this.child=this.getOverflowingChild(),this},t.prototype.set=function(){return this.el&&this.child?(this.clampChild(),i(this.child.el,{display:"none"}),this.markContainer(),this):this},t.prototype.unset=function(){return...