# How to dynamically constrain amount of Text/Content in a DIV **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 30, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-dynamically-constrain-amount-of-text-content-in-a-div/105455 "2007-05-30T05:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-dynamically-constrain-amount-of-text-content-in-a-div/105455/1 "2007-05-30T05:33:16Z")
Hi, Can anyone recommend how best to how to dynamically constrain amount of Text/Content in a DIV area that can vary in size?? ## That is, say you have: (a) a content (DIV) area on your view that can expand/contract depending upon browser size (i.e. when someone is re-sizing the browser window) and (b) dynamic text/content that is to be displayed, based upon user input e.g. image a defined area/size for several user comments for example. Users can create their own comments, but you only want them to be able to take up a given amount of screen resource, and then perhaps have a “…more” link at the bottom if they go over. How can I best setup this in Rails? e.g. (1) How to setup the layout/CSS so that if more text / content is present in the DIV area that can be displayed that the DIV area doesn’t expand due to the extra content the user put forward, and/or (2) How to calculate how much text/content can fit in the current size of the DIV (noting browser re-sizing) so that you get the chance to put the “…more” link at the bottom? Any other suggestions welcome that address what I’m trying to do are welcome, which is really offering a area for display of user feedback where each piece of feedback has a maximum area it can take on the main screen only, and also that browser re-sizing is possible. Tks Greg