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This JavaScript is a clever way of automatically truncating the text of a paragraph on your web page, without dividing in the middle of a word. You can truncate the text to a length of your choosing. A JavaScript link is added to expand the text.
Full version: jsB@nk » Text » Truncate HTML Text
URL: https://www.javascriptbank.com/truncate-html-text.html
<script type="text/javascript">// Created by: Patrick Fitzgerald | http://www.barelyfitz.com/function truncate() { var len = 100; var p = document.getElementById('truncateMe'); if (p) { var trunc = p.innerHTML; if (trunc.length > len) { /* Truncate the content of the P, then go back to the end of the previous word to ensure that we don't truncate in the middle of a word */ trunc = trunc.substring(0, len); trunc = trunc.replace(/w+$/, ''); /* Add an ellipses to the end and make it a link that expands the paragraph back to its original size */ trunc += '<a href="#" ' + 'onclick="this.parentNode.innerHTML=' + 'unescape(''+escape(p.innerHTML)+'');return false;">' + '<span style="font-size: 10px;">[ more ... ]</span></a>'; p.innerHTML = trunc; } }}// Multiple onload function created by: Simon Willison// http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2004/05/26/addLoadEventfunction addLoadEvent(func) { var oldonload = window.onload; if (typeof window.onload != 'function') { window.onload = func; } else { window.onload = function() { if (oldonload) { oldonload(); } func(); } }}addLoadEvent(function() { truncate();});</script><!-- This script downloaded from www.JavaScriptBank.com Come to view and download over 2000+ free javascript at www.JavaScriptBank.com--><p id="truncateMe">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean consectetuer. Etiam venenatis. Sed ultricies, pede sit amet aliquet lobortis, nisi ante sagittis sapien, in rhoncus lectus mauris quis massa. Integer porttitor, mi sit amet viverra faucibus, urna libero viverra nibh, sed dictum nisi mi et diam. Nulla nunc eros, convallis sed, varius ac, commodo et, magna. Proin vel risus. Vestibulum eu urna. Maecenas lobortis, pede ac dictum pulvinar, nibh ante vestibulum tortor, eget fermentum urna ipsum ac neque. Nam urna nulla, mollis blandit, pretium id, tristique vitae, neque. Etiam id tellus. Sed pharetra enim non nisl.</p><!-- This script downloaded from www.JavaScriptBank.com Come to view and download over 2000+ free javascript at www.JavaScriptBank.com-->