Jquery plugins to truncate a long text string to the width / height of the container

Question

As the title says, I want to truncate the user input / output text string based on the width and height of the assigned container. My specification is to truncate a line, display some message similar Read Moreat the end, and when the user clicks on it, the text slides down.

UPDATE: Ah! Forgot one thing. It should also handle multi-byte characters.

Can someone tell me what my options are? JQuery plugins or some great jquery snippet?

Thanks and Regards

Answer 1

JQuery extension plugin:

HTML:

<div class="expandable">
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
    incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud 
    exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor.
    </p>
    <p>Reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 
    Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui 
    officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
    </p>
    </div>

JavaScript:

<script src="jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="jquery.expander.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {

  // simple example, using all default options
  $('div.expandable p').expander();

  // *** OR ***

  // override some default options
  $('div.expandable p').expander({
    slicePoint:       80,  // default is 100
    expandText:         '[...]', // default is 'read more...'
    collapseTimer:    5000, // re-collapses after 5 seconds; default is 0, so no re-collapsing
    userCollapseText: '[^]'  // default is '[collapse expanded text]'
  });

});
</script>

:

http://plugins.learningjquery.com/expander/index.html

:

http://plugins.learningjquery.com/expander/demo/index.html

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