<div dir="ltr">I suspect that the containing element type is the problem rather than where the CSS is defined.<div><br></div><div>This thread offers another potential solution (I haven't tested it):</div><div><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/509711/why-does-overflowhidden-not-work-in-a-td">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/509711/why-does-overflowhidden-not-work-in-a-td</a><br>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 July 2014 00:56, AJ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.mccarthy@southwestern.ie" target="_blank">aaron.mccarthy@southwestern.ie</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you for getting back to me, I tried STYLE:overflow:hidden<br>
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It didnt work. However that example got me thinking about other methods so I<br>
tried<br>
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text-overflow:ellipses<br>
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Nothing seems to work.<br>
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Would entering this as a css in theme be any good?<br>
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