how can i create a ( .. ) symbol after the end of a word if it is too long to be displayed under a fixed width control ?

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i am displaying some Keywords in

<\li> <\ul>

as the
- having fixed with so if the keyword is long how can i manage with
  
  KEYWORDNAME = KEYWORDNAME..

Posted 10-Mar-13 21:32pm

sr_24

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pradiprenushe · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-10T23:14:00

Solution 2

Add ellipsis style to li tag. It will automatically add .. after text if required otherwise show normal text.

C#

<ul><li style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;width:20px">Add your text here to test</li></ul>

Refer this link for help
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9507555/css-text-overflow-ellipsis-causes-lis-number-to-dissapear

Posted 10-Mar-13 23:14pm

pradiprenushe

Updated 10-Mar-13 23:16pm

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sr_24 11-Mar-13 5:53am

my Visual studio 2008 doesnot support css3 text-overflow:ellipsis ...can there be any alternative solution ?? in css2

pradiprenushe 11-Mar-13 6:00am

Instead of creating class in css you can directly add style then you dont face css version issue.

sr_24 11-Mar-13 6:05am

thanks

pradiprenushe 11-Mar-13 6:06am

welcome

Asim Mahmood · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-10T21:46:00

Solution 1

C#

string strText = "Pakistan is my Country";
           if (strText.Length > 10)
           {
               string abcText = strText.Substring(0, 8) + "..";
           }

Posted 10-Mar-13 21:46pm

Asim Mahmood

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sr_24 11-Mar-13 6:04am

thanks Pakistan bhai ..i hv used it like this

for (int k = 0; k <= t; k++)
{
if (arr[k].Length > 15)
{
arr[k]= arr[k].Substring(0, 12) + " ..";
}

Display_Keywords.InnerHtml += "<li>"
+ "" + arr[k] + " "
+ "</li> ";
}