Intl.ellipsis

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is intl.ellipsis.

This article describes the preference intl.ellipsis. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 Caveats
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs
7 External links

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Background

Several XUL widgets use an ellipsis (…) to indicate overflow (e.g., <label> and <tree>).

Ideally, Mozilla would use the Unicode ellipsis character for these elements. However, depending on the font used by the current locale for the UI, the ellipsis character may look wrong or inconsistent compared to those used by the rest of the OS. In particular, this is a problem for the Japanese version of Windows.

This preference allows the character used for ellipses to be localized.

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Possible values and their effects

A string that should represent an ellipsis in the Mozilla UI. Default value is localized, but usually “…”.

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Caveats

This preference will not change every instance of an ellipsis in the UI. Most ellipses are included in localized string bundles, and would need to be changed there.

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