wrap it up

by shyamh

HTML

<div class="wrappingTextOfAKind">
    <p>Ac enim, amet mattis cursus tristique nec massa, elementum, aliquet ac tempor facilisis ridiculus, cursus rhoncus integer, mauris a hac magna turpis natoque vel turpis porta tempor eu porta. Enim ultric</p>
</div>

CSS

body
{
    margin: 20px;    
}

.wrappingTextOfAKind
{
    background-color: #8cc63f;
    width: 240px;
    min-height: 50px;
    /* max-height: 100px; */
    overflow:hidden;
    /*     
    text-overflow:ellipsis;
    white-space:nowrap;
     */
}