jquery.truncateMiddle
jquery.truncateMiddle is a naive implementation to trunacate strings in the middle like the Apple Finder does. I'm saying it is naive because you have to provide it with a maximum length. It cannot figure out the count of characters that can go into a certain DOM element, yet.
It turns strings like this: My Marvel Collection – Spiderman and his Amazing Friends 1
into something like this: My Marvel Colle...azing Friends 1
Feel free to contribute.
Installation
HTML:
<body> ... <script src="/path/to/jquery.truncatemiddle.js"></script> </body>Usage
HTML:
<p class="truncate-middle">Your very long title that wouldn't fit in a tiny box.</p>JavaScript:
// Initialize $('.truncate-middle').truncateMiddle({length: 25}); // Other ellipsis $('.truncate-middle').truncateMiddle({length: 25, ellipsis: ' [...] '});The plugin is keeping a copy of the original text. That's why you can update the text at any time. E.g. to adjust for fluid layouts.
// Updating existing elements $('.truncate-middle').truncateMiddle({length: 100, ellipsis: ' [...] '});License
MIT
