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    copied!<p>I need to create a one-lined 3-column layout. The left and right columns should each display one word without truncation (they should expand and contract to fit the word). The center column should display a potentially lengthy string, truncated to fit between the two columns. </p> <p>Here's a bit of HTML to convey the idea:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div class="container"&gt; &lt;div class="left"&gt;Left&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="center"&gt;Center center center center center center center&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="right"&gt;Right&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>And some corresponding CSS:</p> <pre><code>.container { whitespace: nowrap; } .left { display: inline-block; } .center { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; } .right { display: inline-block; } </code></pre> <p>The next step is to somehow set the center element to automatically expand or contract to fill the space between the left and right elements. </p> <p>Something like center.width = container.width - left.width - right.width </p> <p>Any ideas? Thanks</p> <hr> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> Solved with a few minor changes to <em>ianhirschfeld</em>'s response.</p> <p>HTML:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div class="container"&gt; &lt;div class="left"&gt;Left&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="right"&gt;RightRightRight&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="center"&gt;Center center center center center center center&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>CSS:</p> <pre><code>.container { white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; } .left { float: left; } .center { overflow: hidden; } .right { float: right; } </code></pre>
 

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