shear.js is a zero dependency javascript plugin, It uses Selection API to truncate multiple lines of text based on the actual visual content, and return the original and truncated content.
- the target element need not be set as a block level element
- truncate across dom nodes within the target element, keep the original dom node within the target element
- insert the html string at the end of the truncation
- zero dependency
- very lightweight (1.9kb)
 IE / Edge |
 Firefox |
 Chrome |
 Opera |
 Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE9+ / Edge15+ | 16+ | 16+ | 15+ | 6+ |
yarn add shear.js
or
<script src="https://rawgit.com/zhengrenzhe/shear.js/master/dist/shear.js"></script>
import shear from "shear.js";
display three lines
shear(document.getElementById('target'), 3);
display three lines, add html string at the end of the DOM
shear(document.getElementById('target'), 3, '<span>...(More)</span>');