add experimental clientside headline clamping (refs #479)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index b2d79dc56..997d55a55 100644
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -1718,3 +1718,12 @@ function get_radio_checked(radioObj) {
 	}
 	return("");
 }
+
+function clamp_element(elem, height) {
+	if (elem && elem.offsetHeight > height) {
+		while (elem.offsetHeight > height)
+			elem.innerHTML = cp.innerHTML.substring(0, elem.innerHTML.length - 50);
+
+		elem.innerHTML += "…";
+	}
+}