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- /css/css-overflow/line-clamp/webkit-line-clamp-046.html - WPT Dashboard Interop Dashboard
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>CSS Overflow: -webkit-box-orient: vertical is needed for -webkit-line-clamp to create a block formatting context</title>
<link rel="author" title="Andreu Botella" href="mailto:abotella@igalia.com">
<link rel="match" href="reference/webkit-line-clamp-046-ref.html">
<meta name="assert" content="-webkit-line-clamp causes display: -webkit-box to create a block box, rather than to behave like display: flex as it would otherwise. However, this is only the case with -webkit-box-orient: vertical.">
<style>
.clamp {
display: -webkit-box;
/* no -webkit-box-orient: vertical; */
-webkit-line-clamp: 4;
font: 16px / 32px serif;
white-space: pre;
background-color: yellow;
padding: 0 4px;
/* If display: -webkit-box behaves the same as without -webkit-line-clamp,
* these properties will cause the anonymous inline box to be centered. */
-webkit-box-align: center;
-webkit-box-pack: center;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
</style>
<div class="clamp">Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5</div>