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How To Keep Text In One Line Css

When working with text on a webpage, it’s quite common to come across scenarios where you’d like to keep the text content in a single line, regardless of the container’s width. In this blog post, we’ll explore a few techniques in CSS to achieve this effect.

1. Using White-space Property

The white-space CSS property can be used to control how white spaces are handled inside an element. To keep the text in one line, you can set the value of this property to nowrap.

Now, just apply the .single-line class to any element whose text should be kept in a single line:

2. Using Flexbox

Another approach to keep text in one line is by using the Flexbox layout. By setting the parent container as a flex container and disabling the wrapping of flex items, you can achieve the desired effect.

Now, just apply the .flex-container class to any element containing the text you want to keep in a single line:

This text will not wrap and will stay in a single line. 
 

3. Using a Non-breaking Space

If you prefer an HTML-based solution, you can use non-breaking spaces ( ) instead of regular spaces to join words that should not wrap. This method is ideal for short phrases and requires no additional CSS styling.

This text will not wrap and will stay in a single line.
 

Conclusion

In this post, we’ve explored three different ways to keep text in one line using CSS and HTML. You can choose the one that best fits your needs and the specific use case of your project. Remember that keeping text in one line can affect the readability on smaller screens, so always consider the user experience when applying these techniques.

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How can I force a list item to display on one line with CSS?

The problem is that the longer sub-menu items, such as «Workers with Jobs/Locations» are breaking over two lines; I want them to stay on one line. I pseudo-cleverly thought it would be enough to simply assign the li this class:

UPDATE

.inlineblock < display: inline-block; >li.inlineblock ul li

. but I still see this: Here is the entire HTML for the fake menus:

UPDATE 2

CSS: .inlineblock < white-space: nowrap; >li.inlineblock ul li

/*.inlineblock < white-space: nowrap; >li.inlineblock ul li< display: inline-block; >*/ li

. does put the two menu items on their own separate line, but the first one is «cut off» (it reads «Workers with Jobs/Lo»)

UPDATE 3

html < font-family:'Segoe UI Light', 'Bookman Old Style', Calibri, Candara, serif; >header < background: #d2edf4; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #d0edf5, #e1e5f0 100%); padding: 20px 15px 15px 15px; position: relative; >/*body < font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Bookman Antigua', Palatino, serif; background-color: lightyellow; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; font-size: 14px; width:80%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; padding: 10px 50px 200px; >*/ body < height: 100%; min-height: 100%; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto; padding: 50px 48px 0; line-height: 1; color: #333; background: #FFF; font-family: ff-tis-web-pro, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Bookman Antigua', Palatino, Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; >nav < background-color: forestgreen; >form < background-color: lightyellow; >h1 < color: navy; font-family: "Segoe UI", serif; font-size: 2.5em; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 1em; >h2 < font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', Verdana, sans-serif; >input:focus < background-color: lightyellow; >input:hover < background-color: azure; >table < width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; background-color: azure; /*min-height: 100%;*/ margin-top: 80px; >table, th, td < border: 1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse; >th, td < padding: 5px; /*text-align: left;*/ >input[type="text"] < margin-bottom: 4px; >input[type="submit"] < margin-top: 8px; >input[type="time"] < margin: 3px; >p < font-size: 14px; >[class*='col-'] < float: left; margin: 4px; >.grid < background: white; >.module < background: lightyellow; >.col-All < width: 90%; >.col-2-3 < width: 60%; >.col-1-3 < width: 30%; >.col-1-2 < width: 45%; >.col-1-4 < width: 22.5%; >/* for aligning input texts that follow labels on forms and such; can create other sizes too (label120,etc.) */ .label88 < width: 88px; display: inline-block; >.label144 < width: 144px; display: inline-block; >.joblocoptionallabel < width: 124px; display: inline-block; >/*.inlineblock < white-space: nowrap; >li.inlineblock ul li< display: inline-block; >*/ li < white-space: nowrap; >.hide < visibility: hidden; display: none; >.smallcaps < font-variant: small-caps; >.container < max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; background: lightyellow; >.dateLabel < font-size: 16px; font-family: Candara, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: forestgreen; >.shiftLabel < font-size: 13px; font-family: Calibri, serif; color: red; >.jobLoc < margin-right: 16px; width: 115px; >.jobLocCount < width: 40px; >.trabajar < width: 159px; margin-right: 16px; margin-top: 4px; >.shortTextInput < width: 64px; >.floatleft < float: left; display: block; >/* Menu-specific styles/rules, adapted from */ .third-level-menu < position: absolute; top: 0; right: -150px; width: 150px; list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; display: none; >.third-level-menu > li < height: 30px; background: gray; >.third-level-menu > li:hover < background: white; >.second-level-menu < position: absolute; top: 30px; left: 0; width: 150px; list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; display: none; >.second-level-menu > li < position: relative; height: 30px; background: orange; color: white; >.second-level-menu > li:hover < background: green; >.top-level-menu < list-style: none; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 12px; width: 100%; display:block; /*border: 1px; .top-level-menu > li < position: relative; float: left; height: 30px; width: 150px; background: moccasin; >.top-level-menu > li:hover < background: lightgray; >.top-level-menu li:hover > ul < /* On hover, display the next level's menu */ display: inline; >/* End of Menu-specific Styles */ 

Oops. Sotty, @L-X. Didn’t see your comment. It forces no wrapping on whitespace. B. Clay, Please post your CSS too. It looks like your CSS uses absolutely positioned elements with width:100% . It might be possible to fix the items getting cut off by changing that to min-width: 100% , but it’s hard to tell without the original CSS.

Yeah, changing width:150px; to min-width:100%; on .second-level-menu might help: jsfiddle.net/jL7cyjm8

Sorry about all the comments. I just wasn’t sure my suggestions were viable solutions, so I was trying to find out more information. I’ve posted an answer per your request.

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The initial issue was that the list items were wrapping around in a menu that should ideally keep the full name on a single line. The first proposed solution is to apply white-space:nowrap , but in this particular instance, the original poster had a menu that would cut off overflow (using overflow:hidden ). To overcome this, it was much simpler to just change the width of the embed container list (a simple ul element). A width of 150px was originally set presumably to ensure that the menu looks uniform for submenu items with items that have short names. This same effect can be achieved without losing the wide of extra wide lists by setting (or leaving) the width at auto and giving it a min-width: 100%; . This works because the submenus are relative to the parent li items. 100% will be the same width as the parent li .

TL;DR: In summary, removing the width and adding a min-width of 100% solved the issue for the OP.

Code with the changes below:

html < font-family:'Segoe UI Light', 'Bookman Old Style', Calibri, Candara, serif; >header < background: #d2edf4; background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #d0edf5, #e1e5f0 100%); padding: 20px 15px 15px 15px; position: relative; >/*body < font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Bookman Antigua', Palatino, serif; background-color: lightyellow; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; font-size: 14px; width:80%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; padding: 10px 50px 200px; >*/ body < height: 100%; min-height: 100%; width: 80%; margin: 0 auto; padding: 50px 48px 0; line-height: 1; color: #333; background: #FFF; font-family: ff-tis-web-pro, 'Palatino Linotype', 'Bookman Antigua', Palatino, Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; >nav < background-color: forestgreen; >form < background-color: lightyellow; >h1 < color: navy; font-family: "Segoe UI", serif; font-size: 2.5em; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 1em; >h2 < font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', Verdana, sans-serif; >input:focus < background-color: lightyellow; >input:hover < background-color: azure; >table < width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; background-color: azure; /*min-height: 100%;*/ margin-top: 80px; >table, th, td < border: 1px solid navy; border-collapse: collapse; >th, td < padding: 5px; /*text-align: left;*/ >input[type="text"] < margin-bottom: 4px; >input[type="submit"] < margin-top: 8px; >input[type="time"] < margin: 3px; >p < font-size: 14px; >[class*='col-'] < float: left; margin: 4px; >.grid < background: white; >.module < background: lightyellow; >.col-All < width: 90%; >.col-2-3 < width: 60%; >.col-1-3 < width: 30%; >.col-1-2 < width: 45%; >.col-1-4 < width: 22.5%; >/* for aligning input texts that follow labels on forms and such; can create other sizes too (label120,etc.) */ .label88 < width: 88px; display: inline-block; >.label144 < width: 144px; display: inline-block; >.joblocoptionallabel < width: 124px; display: inline-block; >/*.inlineblock < white-space: nowrap; >li.inlineblock ul li< display: inline-block; >*/ li < white-space: nowrap; >.hide < visibility: hidden; display: none; >.smallcaps < font-variant: small-caps; >.container < max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; background: lightyellow; >.dateLabel < font-size: 16px; font-family: Candara, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: forestgreen; >.shiftLabel < font-size: 13px; font-family: Calibri, serif; color: red; >.jobLoc < margin-right: 16px; width: 115px; >.jobLocCount < width: 40px; >.trabajar < width: 159px; margin-right: 16px; margin-top: 4px; >.shortTextInput < width: 64px; >.floatleft < float: left; display: block; >/* Menu-specific styles/rules, adapted from */ .third-level-menu < position: absolute; top: 0; right: -150px; width: 150px; list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; display: none; >.third-level-menu > li < height: 30px; background: gray; >.third-level-menu > li:hover < background: white; >.second-level-menu < position: absolute; top: 30px; left: 0; /*width: 150px;*/ min-width: 100%; list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; display: none; >.second-level-menu > li < position: relative; height: 30px; background: orange; color: white; >.second-level-menu > li:hover < background: green; >.top-level-menu < list-style: none; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 12px; width: 100%; display:block; /*border: 1px; .top-level-menu > li < position: relative; float: left; height: 30px; width: 150px; background: moccasin; >.top-level-menu > li:hover < background: lightgray; >.top-level-menu li:hover > ul < /* On hover, display the next level's menu */ display: inline; >/* End of Menu-specific Styles */

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css overflow — only 1 line of text

When I insert, into that div , a long line of text, it’s breaking to a new line and displays all the text. What I want is to have only one line of text that will not line-break. When the text is long, I want this overflowing text to disappear. I was thinking about setting the height but it seems to be wrong. Maybe if I add height that is the same as the font, it should work and not cause any problems in different browsers? How can I do that?

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If you want to restrict it to one line, use white-space: nowrap; on the div.

But then it doesn’t show the ellipsis if the text goes beyond the dimension specified. stackoverflow.com/questions/26342411/…

It works, great. But I need . if there are more character to show because when length of line long and it goes out of written div.

This acts weird if the hidden text contains hyper links. If I were to tab through the page it would cause the link in the hidden text to scroll onto the screen, when it should be hidden.

If you want to indicate that there’s still more content available in that div, you may probably want to show the «ellipsis»:

This should be in addition to white-space: nowrap; suggested by Septnuits.

Also, make sure you checkout this thread to handle this in Firefox.

I believe you must use text-overflow: ellipsis; with overflow: hidden; and white-space: nowrap; to make it work

caniuse.com/#feat=text-overflow aka. yes, you can. Consider putting the whole content in the title attribute, so the user has still access to it.

mine just shows in one line and doesn’t populate the DIV before showing the ellipsis. stackoverflow.com/questions/26342411/… (jsfiddle.net/ofrj55j4/20)

You can use this css code:

text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; 

The text-overflow property in CSS deals with situations where text is clipped when it overflows the element’s box. It can be clipped (i.e. cut off, hidden), display an ellipsis (‘…’, Unicode Range Value U+2026).

Note that text-overflow only occurs when the container’s overflow property has the value hidden, scroll or auto and white-space: nowrap;.

Text overflow can only happen on block or inline-block level elements, because the element needs to have a width in order to be overflow-ed. The overflow happens in the direction as determined by the direction property or related attributes.

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How to Limit the Text Length to One Line with CSS

If you want to limit the text length to one line, you can clip the line, display an ellipsis or a custom string. All these can be done with the CSS text-overflow property, which determines how the overflowed content must be signalled to the user.

Here, you will find all the three above-mentioned methods of limiting the text length to one line.

Example of limiting the text length to one line by clipping the line:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> style> div < white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: clip; > style> head> body> div> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. div> body> html>

Result

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.

The white-space property with the “nowrap” value and the overflow property with the “hidden” value are required to be used with the text-overflow property.

Example of limiting the text length to one line by adding an ellipsis:

html> html> head> title>Title of the document title> style> .text < white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; > style> head> body> div class="text"> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. div> body> html>

The value of the text-overflow property used in the next example adds strings at the end of the line only in Firefox.

Example of limiting the text length to one line by adding strings:

html> html> head> title> Title of the document title> style> div.text < white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: "----"; > style> head> body> div class="text"> Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. div> body> html>

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