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How to crop a string which is exceeding the element length?

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In my html page I have tooltip. Some strings are not fitting correctly because of their length in the Tooltip image. But, I'mm not allowed to crop the string from server side.

I want to make the ToolTip to show first 8-12 chars and followed by dots.

Is there any inbuilt function available for it in javascript or jquery.

Thanks!

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answered 14 Years ago zariahdiamondz · Accepted Answer

You can use string.substring(from, to): http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_substring.asp

Then just append ...

var x = a really long line of text;

var toolTipText = x.substring(0, 8) + ...;