JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by silverwind
HTML
<div class="target">
Text here is very very long that it will overflow the width of the containing element. Adding another sentence to make sure it will overflow.
</div>
CSS
.target {
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
white-space: nowrap;
background: red;
margin: 2rem;
display: flex; /* remove this to get ellipsis to show */
}