http://ibispaint-x.net/js/jquery.text-overflow.minf323.js

1/*
2 * jQuery Text Overflow v0.7
3 *
4 * Licensed under the new BSD License.
5 * Copyright 2009-2010, Bram Stein
6 * All rights reserved.
7 */
8(function(c){var b=document.documentElement.style,d=("textOverflow" in b||"OTextOverflow" in b),a=function(f,i){var h=0,e=[],g=function(j){var l=0,k;if(h>i){return}for(l=0;l<j.length;l+=1){if(j[l].nodeType===1){k=j[l].cloneNode(false);e[e.length-1].appendChild(k);e.push(k);g(j[l].childNodes);e.pop()}else{if(j[l].nodeType===3){if(h+j[l].length<i){e[e.length-1].appendChild(j[l].cloneNode(false))}else{k=j[l].cloneNode(false);k.textContent=c.trim(k.textContent.substring(0,i-h));e[e.length-1].appendChild(k)}h+=j[l].length}else{e.appendChild(j[l].cloneNode(false))}}}};e.push(f.cloneNode(false));g(f.childNodes);return c(e.pop().childNodes)};c.extend(c.fn,{textOverflow:function(g,e){var f=g||"&#x2026;";if(!d){return this.each(function(){var l=c(this),m=l.clone(),p=l.clone(),k=l.text(),h=l.width(),n=0,o=0,j=k.length,i=function(){if(h!==l.width()){l.replaceWith(p);l=p;p=l.clone();l.textOverflow(g,false);h=l.width()}};l.after(m.hide().css({position:"absolute",width:"auto",overflow:"visible","max-width":"inherit"}));if(m.width()>h){while(n<j){o=Math.floor(n+((j-n)/2));m.empty().append(a(p.get(0),o)).append(f);if(m.width()<h){n=o+1}else{j=o}}if(n<k.length){l.empty().append(a(p.get(0),n-1)).append(f)}}m.remove();if(e){setInterval(i,200)}})}else{return this}}})})(jQuery);