---
title: "Text-overflow Property using CSS3"
description: "In this blog I have tried to explain how to use overflow property using CSS3 and HTML. The text-overflow property specifies what should happen when t"
author: "Vijay Shukla"
published: 2012-12-27
updated: 2014-09-18
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/412/text-overflow-property-using-css3
category: "css-css3"
tags: ["css-css3"]
reading_time: 1 minute
---
# Text-overflow Property using CSS3
In this [blog](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12705/myths-and-misconception-about-blog) I have tried to [explain](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157854/what-is-system-debugging-explain-some-system-debugging-tools-used-in-modern-computer-systems) how to use [overflow](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1711/what-is-overflow-properties-in-css) [property](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/205/property-notification-in-c-sharp) using [CSS3](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1534/stylish-css3-progress-bars) and [HTML](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1530/design-a-simple-stylish-calculator-using-html-css-and-javascript).\
The text-overflow property specifies what should happen when text [length](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1915/what-is-the-difference-between-char_length-and-length) overflows the containing element.
Here are [two text](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161183/how-to-compare-two-text-in-sql)-overflows property [values](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/327/sum-textbox-values):
A. ellipsis: it will made the ellipsis when text length overflows the containing element.
B. Clip: it will Clips the text when text length overflows the containing element .
```
In this div uses the style of "text-overflow:ellipsis":
mindstick unleash your imagination
In this div uses the style of "text-overflow:clip":
mindstick unleash your imagination
```
##### Below is Output:
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