text-overflow | NN n/a IE 6(Win) CSS n/a
| Inherited: No
Controls whether text content that overflows a fixed box space should display an ellipsis ( . . . ) at the end of the line to indicate more text is available. The element should also have its overflow style attribute set to hidden.
CSS Syntax
    text-overflow: overflowType
Value
One of two constants: clip | ellipsis.
Initial Value
clip
Example
    td {overflow:hidden; white-space:nowrap; text-overflow:ellipsis}
Applies To
Block-level elements.
Object Model Reference
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.textOverflow