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<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS Overflow: line-clamp with -webkit-box and -webkit-box-orient</title>
<link rel="author" title="Andreu Botella" href="mailto:[email protected]">
<link rel="help" href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-4/#line-clamp">
<link rel="match" href="reference/webkit-line-clamp-005-ref.html">
<meta name="assert" content="If display: -webkit-box and -webkit-box-orient: vertical are present on the same box as line-clamp, it becomes a block container, and other flexbox properties don't apply.">
<style>
.clamp {
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
line-clamp: 4;
font: 16px / 32px serif;
white-space: pre;
padding: 0 4px;
background-color: yellow;
/* These properties horizontally center the child, if this box is either a
* -webkit-box or a regular flexbox. */
-webkit-box-align: center;
align-items: center;
}
</style>
<div class="clamp"><div>Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5</div></div>