Developer Template Documentation v4.13

fm:Truncate

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This component allows you to set a character limit for any string of text. You may also select the trailing behaviour. HTML mark-up is allowed. This will not truncate in the middle of a word, but will go back to the first space before the word.

Example

<fm:Truncate string="A long string to be truncated" length="40" trailing="..." />

Supported attributes

Name	Required	Default	Description
length	Required	N/A	The max length of the string
strict	Optional		Set to true to truncate strictly on length, false to truncate on word breaks.
string	Required	N/A	The string you would like to truncate if larger then length
trailing	Optional	...	The characters you wish to use at the end of the text if larger then length

Template variables

This component defines no template variables.

Another example

<fm:Truncate string="{$media_message}" length="40" trailing="..." />