You are correct that Firefox does not implement support for text-overflow. My 
suggestion would be to check the height and width of the title elements and, if 
necessary, apply a regular overflow property. 

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On Apr 21, 2010, at 1:59 PM, screntropy wrote:

> Hello! I am using a dynamic feed control on my website and am having
> some issues. I  am hosting my own css file (just a small tweaking of
> the original). I have put the feed on the right side in a narrow-ish
> column and my text is getting cut off.
> 
> I honestly thought it was perfect until someone looked at it in
> Firefox. Apparently, Firefox does not support the text-overflow
> property and my text gets cut off. Is there a way to get around this?
> I have done some pretty extensive research on this and can't find a
> solution.
> 
> SO, I decided to get rid of the text-overflow and display the whole
> item title. I fiddled around with the white-space properties and
> finally found the right one.
> 
> BUT now, my problem is that if my title is too big (more than 2
> lines), the snippet text gets cut off by my list items. I have tried
> tweaking so many properties, but I just can't get it to work (without
> making it so long that it looks ridiculous when I have a short title).
> Is there a way to only display the first two lines?
> 
> So now I have two problems, both halting normal work flow:
> 1. text-overflow:ellipsis issues in Firefox cutting off my text
> 2. some titles are too long and cut off my entry text. the feed does
> not expand automatically to adjust to the new size.
> 
> Do you have any suggestions? I will take a solution to either of my
> problems... I just need this to start looking normal in all
> browsers.
> 
> Thanks so much for your help!
> 
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