Why Doesn't `text-overflow: ellipsis` Work as Expected with Flexbox?

text-overflow Not Behaving with Flexbox

In this example, we have a flex container with the text content "ThisIsASampleText". When we set the "display" property to "flex" and "text-overflow" to "ellipsis," we expect the text to be truncated, but it's not working as intended.

Inspecting the code, we notice that the flex property is applied to the container element. However, flexbox styles should be applied to child elements to affect their layout and properties.

To resolve this issue, we can move the "text-overflow" and related styles to a separate class for the flex children. Here's the modified code:

.flex-container {<br>  display: flex;<br>  text-align: left;<br>}<p>.flex-child {<br>  white-space: nowrap;<br>  overflow: hidden;<br>  text-overflow: ellipsis;<br>}</p><p></p><h1 id="Flexible-Boxes">Flexible Boxes</h1><br><div>  <span class="flex-child">ThisIsASampleText</span><br>
</div>

By applying the truncation styles to the ".flex-child" class, we now correctly truncate the text to "ThisIsASam..." within the flex container. For a detailed explanation, refer to the reference article from CSS Tricks linked below.

Reference: https://css-tricks.com/flexbox-truncated-text/

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