The Text Truncation and Clamping pattern
Explore CSS text truncation and clamping patterns to control overflowing content and preserve layout stability. Understand how to apply key CSS properties for single-line and multi-line truncation, the strengths and limitations of these techniques, and how they support responsive, clean design in real-world interfaces.
The Text Truncation and Clamping pattern helps maintain layout integrity when dealing with unpredictable or variable-length content. They prevent text overflow from breaking designs or pushing other elements out of view, and they support clean, readable interfaces by limiting text to a controlled number of lines.
How the pattern works
This pattern uses a combination of CSS properties, such as ...