Question

Problem:
I have a large table, with say 20 columns, and 150 rows. The columns can be resized by the user (think excel). Each cell has overflow:hidden set.

• When text overflows in any given cell i want to give a hint to the user that this is happening.

Constraints:

• This must perform well on IE6. Meaning that if you do this on IE6, you wont want to kill someone while using it.

Answer 1

This is what i ended up using. it works in IE only, but that is ok in this case:

add this css rule to the container that has overflow:hidden

text-overflow:ellipsis;