Simple-text-ellipsis NPM

Simple-Text-Ellipsis

Simple-Text-Ellipsis is an NPM module used to create simple text ellipsis' with React and Material UI.

Installation

Use Node's package manager npm to install in the root of the project you want to use the component.

npm install simple-text-ellipsis

Usage

Using Character Example

import React from 'react';
import SimpleEllipsis from 'simple-text-ellipsis';

const yourComponent = () => {
  const text = 'This is an example of using SimpleEllipsis component';
  const count = 15;
  const breakpoints = {
    lg: { count: 20 }, // 'This is an example o...' displays at lg break point
    xl: { count: 30 }  // 'This is an example of using Si...' at xl break point
  }; // 'This is an exam...' will display for all other break points since
     //   count prop is specified
  const propsObject = { breakpoints, count, text };
  return (
      <React.Fragment>
        <SimpleEllipsis {...propsObject} />
      </React.Fragment>);
};
export default yourComponent;

Using Words Example

import React from 'react';
import SimpleEllipsis from 'simple-text-ellipsis';

const yourComponent = () => {
  const text = 'This is an example of using SimpleEllipsis component';
  const truncatedBy = 'words';
  const breakpoints = {
    xs: { count: 3 }, // at xs break point, displays 'This is an...'
    sm: { count: 6 }  // at sm, displays 'This is an example of using...'
  }; // will display entire text string for all other breakpoints since no
     //   count prop is specified
  const propsObject = { breakpoints, text, truncatedBy };
  return (
      <React.Fragment>
        <SimpleEllipsis {...propsObject} />
      </React.Fragment>);
};
export default yourComponent;

Props

allowShortenedWords boolean: when truncating by characters, allow cutting off words. default true
breakpoints object: breakpoints for specific Material UI breakpoints
- breakpoints.xs object: contains count key to override default prop of count
- breakpoints.sm object
- breakpoints.md object
- breakpoints.lg object
- breakpoints.xl object
count number: character/word count to cut text off at; when not provided, text will not be truncated
ellipsis string: text to be displayed as ellipsis; defaults to '...', no ellipsis displayed if passed as null
truncatedBy string: determing how count is used to truncate text; 'characters' or 'words'. defaults to 'characters'