Truncate text with Tailwind's line-clamp utility
8/18/2025
#tailwind#css#styling#design

Long text can easily break your layout or push important content out of view.
Instead of writing custom CSS for truncation, Tailwind gives you the line-clamp utility out of the box,
which will truncate the text to a given number of lines and replace the rest with an ellipsis.
<p className="line-clamp-2">
This is a very long paragraph that will be truncated
after two lines. The rest of the content will not be
displayed but replaced with an ellipsis.
</p>
line-clamp-1→ truncates after one lineline-clamp-2→ truncates after two linesline-clamp-3→ truncates after three lines, and so on
This is perfect for previews (like blog post cards or product descriptions) where you only want to show a snippet.
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