CSS text-overflow clip, ellipsis values example

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div.element1 {
        white-space: nowrap;
        background-color: #eee;
        width: 50px;
        overflow: hidden;
        text-overflow: clip;
        border: 1px solid #666;
      }
      div.element2 {
        white-space: nowrap;
        background-color: #eee;
        width: 50px;
        overflow: hidden;
        text-overflow: ellipsis;
        border: 1px solid #666;
      }
      div.element3 {
        white-space: nowrap;
        background-color: #eee;
        width: 50px;
        overflow: hidden;
        text-overflow: initial;
        border: 1px solid #666;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Text-overflow property example</h2>
    <h3>text-overflow: clip</h3>
    <div class="element1">Lorem Ipsum</div>
    <h3>text-overflow: ellipsis</h3>
    <div class="element2">Lorem Ipsum</div>
    <h3>text-overflow: initial</h3>
    <div class="element3">Lorem Ipsum</div>
  </body>
</html>