The jQuery Truncate plugin consists of 3 components that extend the jQuery object.

• truncate: Get the truncated text and/or the last processed node of the first selected element.
• closestChild: Get the closest parent that is a child of selector.
• truncated: Make the selected elements truncated with a link to expand them.

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###truncated

Make the selected elements truncated with a link to expand it. Example.

####Parameters:

• {Number} minLength

  Minimal length of the truncated text.

• {Object} options Options of truncate plus the following:

  • {String} options.wrapper Optional, Default: "<div></div>"

    HTML fragment to be used as a wrapper for the hidden part.

  • {String} options.wrapperClass Optional, Default: "element-hidden"

    Class to be added to the wrapper.

  • {String} options.toggler Optional, Default: "<a></a>"

    HTML fragment to be used to reveal the hidden part.

  • {String} options.togglerClass Optional, Default: "read-more"

    Class to be added to the toggler.

  • {String|Number} options.toggleSpeed Optional, Default: "fast"

    Speed of the reveal animation.

####Returns: {jQuery} The original jQuery object for chainability.

###truncate

Get the truncated text of the first selected element. The truncated text will be fetched along with the last parsed element.

####Parameters:

• {Number} minLength

  The length of the text after to look for safe truncation options.

• {Object} options

  • {String} options.retType Optional, Default: "both"

    Return type containing the following values,

    • "both": to fetch both the text and the node,
    • "text": just fetch the text part,
    • "node": just fetch the last parsed node.

  • {Boolean} options.wordSafe Optional, Default: true

    Truncate on whitespace

  • {Boolean} options.sentenceSafe Optional, Default: true

    Truncate on sentence delimiters.

  • {Boolean} options.truncateWhitespace Optional, Default: true

    Truncate multiple whitespace in the text to a single space.

####Returns:

{Object|String|Node} Depending on the retType option, it can be an object with keys text and node, or the truncated text, or the last parsed Node.

####Example:

<ul>
  <li class="item-1"><a href="#href-1" class="link-1">Item 1.</a></li>
  <li class="item-2"><a href="#href-2" class="link-2">Item 2.</a></li>
  <li class="item-3"><a href="#href-3" class="link-3">Item 3.</a></li>
  <li class="item-4"><a href="#href-4" class="link-4">Item 4.</a></li>
</ul>

$('ul').truncate(20, {sentenceSafe: false, retType: 'text'});

Output:

"Item 1. Item 2. Item"

###closestChild

Get the closest parent that is a child of selector.

####Parameters:

• {String|Node|jQuery} selector

  A CSS selector, element, jQuery object to match elements against.

• {Node|jQuery} context

  The element within which a matching element may be found. If no context is passed in then the context of the jQuery set will be used instead.

####Returns:

{jQuery} The child of root (defined by the selector), that is a parent of element or an empty jQuery object if none found.

####Example:

<ul>
  <li class="item-1"><a href="#href-1" class="link-1">Item 1.</a></li>
  <li class="item-2"><a href="#href-2" class="link-2">Item 2.</a></li>
  <li class="item-3"><a href="#href-3" class="link-3">Item 3.</a></li>
  <li class="item-4"><a href="#href-4" class="link-4">Item 4.</a></li>
</ul>

console.log($('.link-1, .link-4').closestChild('ul'));

Output:

jQuery(li.item-1, li.item-4)