Re: how to make Dynamically Shortened Text With “Show More”

Nancy O. wrote:

 

Or, you could use jQuery Condense -

jsillitoe/jquery-condense-plugin · GitHub

 

Live example

Alt-Web :: Fluid Grid Test #2

That's very elegant. My only problem with jQuery and jQuery plugins is that you often end up adding a lot more JavaScript to a page than it really needs.

My relatively short custom JavaScript would be even shorter if all browsers supported up-to-date standards (ECMAScript 5).