From 3b774583711e39dae7a5cfde314288f8019f59c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jannis Leidel Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:47:10 +0000 Subject: Fixed #5025 -- Add a "truncatechars" template filter. Many thanks to Chris Beaven. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16542 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/ref') diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt index bdac556652..5c08c66c21 100644 --- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt +++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt @@ -2055,6 +2055,24 @@ For example:: If ``value`` is ``"my first post"``, the output will be ``"My First Post"``. +.. templatefilter:: truncatechars + +truncatechars +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +.. versionadded:: 1.4 + +Truncates a string if it is longer than the specified number of characters. +Truncated strings will end with a translatable ellipsis sequence ("..."). + +**Argument:** Number of characters to truncate to + +For example:: + + {{ value|truncatechars:9 }} + +If ``value`` is ``"Joel is a slug"``, the output will be ``"Joel i..."``. + .. templatefilter:: truncatewords truncatewords -- cgit v1.3