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    copied!<p>I have it working in FF using some Javascript (javascript). I haven't got it working with the ellipses yet - but with a little more work its doable (using the background image approach).</p> <p>Copy paste this into a .html file to see a proof of concept - when loaded resize your browser winder so its narrower to see it automatically shift stuff around and give you the wrapping effect you want.</p> <pre><code>&lt;html&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;title&gt;test&lt;/title&gt; &lt;script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.0/jquery.min.js'&gt;&lt;/script&gt; &lt;style type='text/css'&gt; .author, .title { overflow:hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; } .title, .date { float: left; } .date { margin-left:10px; } .author { background-color: red; color: white; } .title { background-color: blue; color: white; } .date { background-color: green; color: white; } &lt;/style&gt; &lt;script type='text/javascript'&gt; $.resizeHeader = function() { var _title = $('#title'); var _date = $('#date'); var _container = $('#headingContainer'); _title.css('width','auto'); var _containerWidth = _container.width(); var _titleWidth = _title.outerWidth(true); var _dateWidth = _date.outerWidth(true); if ((_dateWidth+_titleWidth)&gt;_containerWidth) { var _deltaWidth = (_dateWidth+_titleWidth)-_containerWidth; var _newTitleWidth = _titleWidth-_deltaWidth; _title.width(_newTitleWidth); } } $(function() { $(window).resize(function() { $.resizeHeader(); }).resize();; }) &lt;/script&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;div id='headingContainer'&gt; &lt;div class="author"&gt;This is an author title&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;span class="title" id='title'&gt;This is the title which is very long and prone to spill over and over and over and over and over&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="date" id='date'&gt;The Date&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/html&gt; </code></pre>
 

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