<!DOCTYPE html> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>CSS Overflow: -webkit-line-clamp with exactly as many lines as specified</title> <link rel="author" title="Cameron McCormack" href="mailto:cam@mcc.id.au"> <link rel="help" href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-3/#webkit-line-clamp"> <link rel="match" href="reference/webkit-line-clamp-001-ref.html"> <meta name="assert" content="-webkit-line-clamp should not have an effect on an element with exactly as many lines as specified."> <style> .clamp { display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 5; font: 16px / 32px serif; white-space: pre; background-color: yellow; } </style> <div class="clamp">Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5</div>