html - How to work with ellipsis in bootstrap responsive table

Question

In a responsive table text-overflow:ellipsis is not working when the data increases in the th (as the col-xs-2 width increases).

Code below:

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

<div class="table-responsive">
  <table class="table">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th class="col-xs-2" style="text-overflow: ellipsis;">Lorem IpsumLorem IpsumLorem IpsumLorem IpsumLorem IpsumLorem IpsumLorem Ipsum</th>
        <th class="col-xs-1">Firstname</th>
        <th class="col-xs-1"> Lastname</th>
        <th class="col-xs-4">Age</th>
        <th class="col-xs-2">City</th>
        <th class="col-xs-2">Country</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>1</td>
        <td>Anna</td>
        <td>Pitt</td>
        <td>35</td>
        <td>New York</td>
        <td>USA</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

Answer 1

The text-overflow property only affects content that is overflowing a block container element in its inline progression direction MDN

For text-overflow to work, specifying text-overflow: ellipsis alone will not do any good - you should use the following styles together:

overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
text-overflow: ellipsis;

span, div, th, td {
  overflow: hidden;
  white-space: nowrap;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  max-width: 100px;
}

<span>Inline element overflow ellipsis do not work</span>
<div>Block elements overflow ellipsis works</div>
<table>
  <tr><th>Table - Overflow test</th></tr>
  <tr><td>This is a long text</td><td>This is a long text</td></tr>
</table>