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    copied!<p>I would like to achieve the following structure:</p> <pre><code>[gfhtfg..., kgjrfg..., asd, mrhgf, ] ^-------^ ^-------^ ^-------^ ^-------^ X X X X (X = a fixed length) </code></pre> <p>I've got a <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> with a fixed length, and inside it an horizontal, comma-separated list (<code>ul</code>) of links.<br> The <code>&lt;li&gt;</code> elements should have a fixed width, and so if the links exceed a fixed length an ellipsis will be shown (using the <code>text-overflow</code> property).</p> <p>I know two ways to make a list horizontal. One is using <code>display: inline</code> and the other using the <code>float</code> property. </p> <ul> <li>With the first approach, I can't set a fixed width because the CSS specification doesn't allow setting the width of inline elements.</li> <li>The second approach creates a mess :O</li> <li>Setting <code>float</code> on the <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> element, intending to limit the width there, separates it from the commas.</li> </ul> <p><em>There are no browser-compatibility issues, I only have to support WebKit.</em></p> <p>I included the code I attempted to work with:</p> <pre><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt; &lt;html lang="en"&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;title&gt;a title&lt;/title&gt; &lt;style&gt; body { font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; } div { height: 30px; width: 300px; background: #eee; border: 1px solid #ccc; text-align: center; } ul { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; } ul li:after { content: ","; } ul li:last-child:after { content: ""; } ul li a { text-decoration: none; color: #666; } ul li { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; -webkit-text-overflow: ellipsis; /* Inline elements can't have a width (and they shouldn't according to the specification */ display: inline; width: 30px; } &lt;/style&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;a certain link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;once again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;another one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/body&gt; &lt;/html&gt; </code></pre> <p>Thank you.</p>
 

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