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<title>Reference: text-overflow with leading white-space</title>
<link rel="author" title="Mats Palmgren" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1403986">
<style type="text/css">
html,body {
color:black; background-color:white; font:16px/1 monospace;
}
.ellipsize {
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
width: 100px;
border: 1px solid;
}
.inline-block {
display: inline-block;
background: red;
}
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The test PASS if all of the following are true:
1. there are no red areas
2. the first two blocks display "PASS" but no ellipsis
3. the last three blocks display an ellipsis
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<div class="ellipsize" style="text-overflow: clip">
<span style="margin-left:5px"></span><span class="inline-block" style="background:lime">
PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS</span>
</div>
<div class="ellipsize" style="text-overflow: clip">
<span style="margin-left:5px"></span>
<span class="inline-block" style="background:lime">
PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS</span>
</div>
<div class="ellipsize">
<span style="margin-left:10px"></span> …
</div>
<div class="ellipsize">
…
</div>
<div class="ellipsize">
a…
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