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<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS Overflow: -webkit-line-clamp when not display:-webkit-box</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 apply to an element that is not a flex item for a legacy -webkit-box or -webkit-inline-box flex container.">
<style>
.clamp {
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
  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>