How can I wrap this text so it doesn't overflow past the widget container? - html

Question

I have a Wordpress widget and inside the widget I am displaying profile information. Some times the text for the 2nd row is too long and it overflows past the widget container.
What would be a good way to deal with this, and how could I implement it in css or html or whatever?
My css
#profileContainer {
float: left;
position: relative;
width: 400px;
display:block;
padding: 5px;
}
#avatarContainer {
width: 55px;
float: left;
padding: 5 5 5 5;
}
#dataContainer {
float: left;
vertical-align: text-top;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
#dataList {
display: inline-block;
}
My html for the output
?>
<div id="profileContainer">
<?php
$img = bp_core_fetch_avatar( 'html=false&item_id=' . $author->getId() );
$img_html = '<img src="' . $img . '"></img>';
?>
<div id="avatarContainer">
<?php
if ($author->getUrl() != null) {
echo "<a href='" . $author->getUrl() . "'>" . $img_html . "</a>";
} else {
echo $img_html;
}
?>
</div> <!--closing avatar container div -->
<div class="overflow-hidden">
<?php
if ($author->getName() != null) {
echo "<b>" . $author->getName() . "</b>";
}
if ($author->getJobTitle() != null) {
echo "<br/>" . $author->getJobTitle();
}
if ($author->getUserName() != null) {
if ($author->getUrl() != null) {
echo "<br/><a href='" . $author->getUrl() . "'>#" . $author->getUserName() . "</a>";
} else {
echo "<br/>#" . $author->getUserName();
}
}
if ($author->getEmail() != null) {
echo '<br/>' . $author->getEmail() . "";
}
if ($author->getPhone() != null) {
echo "<br/> " . $author->getPhone();
}
echo "<br/>";
?>
</div> <!--closing data container div -->
</div> <!--closing container div-->
<?php

Answer 1

in css do this to wrap text in elipsis mode (three dots)
.overflow-hidden{
max-width:400px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}