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Limit text length to n lines using CSS

Is it possible to limit a text length to "n" lines using CSS (or cut it when overflows vertically). text-overflow: ellipsis; only works for 1 line text. original text: Ultrices natoque mus mattis, aliquam, cras in pellentesque tincidunt elit purus lectus, vel ut aliquet, elementum nunc nunc rhoncus placerat urna! Sit est sed!...

Ubuntu pl2303 usbserial overflow?

Hi, I am connecting a currentcost electricity monitor to my ubuntu server and am using the method to connect as described here ... http://martgadget.blogspot.com/2009/09/putting-your-watts-on-web.html Now, I am also having the same problem as described here ... 2010/01/putting-your-watts-on-web-part-2-for.html (same domain ... can onl...

overflow:auto does not work in ff 3.5.13

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.js"></script> <style type="text/css"> table { border: solid 1px #e8eef4; border-collapse: collapse; } table td { padding: 5px; border: solid 1px ...

Remove vertical scroll bar, keep horizontal scroll bar in iframe in Chrome.

I have an iframe for which I would like to enable a horizontal scroll bar, but disable the vertical scroll bar. I have the iframe styled as such: overflow-y:hidden; overflow-x:auto; This works just fine in FireFox, but not Chrome. Is there any sort of workaround to get this to work in Chrome? Update: I have transitioned into using a t...

Centering an div which overflows it's parent within another centered div

I have a single column layout where the column is a centered div with a fixed width. I want to place a wider div within the column which overflows it's parents, but center it within the parent. Conceptually something like the following: <div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; overflow:visible;" id="parent"> <div style="width: 400p...

overflow: hidden not working

Hey all, I am having a tough time with overflow: hidden. Basically I am trying to hide the overflow of an unordered list which is located in a div. I have no idea why this isn't working though. Instead of hiding it, it breaks my li's from a horizontal layout to a vertical layout. The unordered list is carousel and the container is list. ...

Make overflow:hidden not to scroll

I have a set of radio buttons inside a div which has a fixed height and overflow:hidden. Some of the radios get hidden because they would be naturally positioned outside the height of the containing div. When a radio is selected, and that radio is outside the visible part of the div, the div gets scrolled. What I want is to be able to...

Making a chain of p's flow into a "two-page spread"

Recently a student got this quite by accident (or well, a side effect of incorrect xhtml/css). Is this possible to do in a cross-browser, automatic way with say a Wordpress article and custom html/css? (I.e., no php script or such.) It's been a goal for me to at one point make a site that reads "like a book" rather than a scroll. Ideas...

webkit img 100% width issues

Sample Link I am using jquery cycle to slide through these images I am having issues in iOS webkit getting the #imagegallery img to scale 100% width. Any Ideas? ...

Python: OverflowError: math range error

I get a Overflow error when i try this calculation, but i cant figure out why. 1-math.exp(-4*1000000*-0.0641515994108) ...