#18 - Easily Truncate Text v0.2

Add one attribute and a simple script to programatically truncate text!

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<!-- 💙 MEMBERSCRIPT #18 v0.2 💙 - EASILY TRUNCATE TEXT -->
<script>
const elements = document.querySelectorAll('[ms-code-truncate]');

elements.forEach((element) => {
  const charLimit = parseInt(element.getAttribute('ms-code-truncate'));

  // Create a helper function that will recursively traverse the DOM tree
  const traverseNodes = (node, count) => {
    for (let child of node.childNodes) {
      // If the node is a text node, truncate if necessary
      if (child.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
        if (count + child.textContent.length > charLimit) {
          child.textContent = child.textContent.slice(0, charLimit - count) + '...';
          return count + child.textContent.length;
        }
        count += child.textContent.length;
      }
      // If the node is an element, recurse through its children
      else if (child.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
        count = traverseNodes(child, count);
      }
    }
    return count;
  }

  // Create a deep clone of the element to work on. This is so that we don't modify the original element
  // until we have completely finished processing.
  const clone = element.cloneNode(true);

  // Traverse and truncate the cloned node
  traverseNodes(clone, 0);

  // Replace the original element with our modified clone
  element.parentNode.replaceChild(clone, element);
});
</script>

Creating the Make.com Scenario

1. Download the JSON blueprint below to get stated.

2. Navigate to Make.com and Create a New Scenario...

3. Click the small box with 3 dots and then Import Blueprint...

4. Upload your file and voila! You're ready to link your own accounts.

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Version notes

v0.2 - Preserve HTML Structure

You can now use this with more advanced pieces of text that contain stuff such as line breaks and links.

Attributes
Description
Attribute
Truncate Text
Set the character limit of a string of text, truncate, and append "..."
ms-code-truncate
Pick_Length
Pick_Length
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