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<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS Overflow: block-ellipsis effect on a fully displaced line's height</title>
<link rel="author" title="Andreu Botella" href="mailto:abotella@igalia.com">
<link rel="match" href="/css/reference/ref-filled-green-100px-square.xht">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fonts/ahem.css" />
<meta name="assert" content="If the block-ellipsis results in the entire contents of a line box being displaced, the line box is considered to contain a strut. The line box's height will not depend on the height of the displaced content.">
<style>
.container {
position: relative;
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
font: 25px Ahem;
}
.bg {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
color: green;
line-height: 25px;
}
.red {
color: red;
}
.large {
font-size: 1.5em;
}
.clamp {
position: absolute;
width: 100px;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
line-clamp: 1;
color: transparent;
background: linear-gradient(to top, green 0, green 1lh, red 1lh);
background-position: left bottom;
}
</style>
<p>Test passes if there is a filled green square and <strong>no red</strong>.</p>
<div class="container">
<div class="bg">
XXXX<br>
XXXX<br>
XXXX<br>
<span class="red">XXXX</span>
</div>
<div class="clamp">
<span class="red large">XXXXXXXXX XXX</span>
</div>
</div>