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Layout & design

Truncate long content with text overflow

Use the text overflow CSS property to truncate content that’s too long with an ellipsis. Our smart guidance ensures proper setup, making text truncation seamless.

Truncate long content with text overflow

The Webflow Style panel indicating a new "Truncate" property with two options: clip and ellipsis

We’ve added a new capability in the Style panel that lets you easily apply an ellipsis when your text content would otherwise overflow —rather than manually hunting through style settings or memorizing CSS requirements. 

You’ll find this option in the Styles panel under Typography → More type options → Truncate, where you can enable an ellipsis to indicate when text is clipped.

Because text-overflow only works when paired with specific supporting styles (overflow: hidden and white-space: nowrap), we’ve built in smart guidance. When you enable truncation, we’ll let you know if any additional properties need to be applied —and give you a single-click way to apply them, right from the Typography section.

For more detailed instructions on how to start leveraging this feature, visit our Help Center.


Launched on
March 26, 2025
Category
Layout & design

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