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<title>CSS Overflow: block-ellipsis are placed at soft wrap opportunities, even if the line would not break</title>
<link rel="author" title="Andreu Botella" href="mailto:abotella@igalia.com">
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<meta name="assert" content="The block-ellipsis is placed after the last soft wrap opportunity in the line box that fits the ellipsis. This happens even with text-wrap: nowrap, since that only prevents line wrapping, rather than removing wrap opportunities.">
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line-clamp: 2;
width: 63.1ch;
border: 1px solid black;
font-family: monospace;
white-space: pre;
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<div class="clamp">This time, Mark, who had always been the center of attention in
any social gathering, walked into the room uncharacteristically quietly, barely speaking as he settled into a chair.</div>