jQuery.fn.truncate = function(max, settings) {
    settings = jQuery.extend({ chars: /\s/, trail: ["...", ""] }, settings);
    var myResults = {};
    var ie = $.browser.msie;
    function fixIE(o) {
        if (ie) { o.style.removeAttribute("filter") }
    }
    return this.each(function() {
        var $this = jQuery(this);
        var myStrOrig = $this.html().replace(/\r\n/gim, "");
        var myStr = myStrOrig;
        var myRegEx = /<\/?[^<>]*\/?>/gim;
        var myRegExArray;
        var myRegExHash = {};
        var myResultsKey = $("*").index(this);
        while ((myRegExArray = myRegEx.exec(myStr)) != null) {
            myRegExHash[myRegExArray.index] = myRegExArray[0]
        } myStr = jQuery.trim(myStr.split(myRegEx).join("")); if (myStr.length > max) { var c; while (max < myStr.length) { c = myStr.charAt(max); if (c.match(settings.chars)) { myStr = myStr.substring(0, max); break } max-- } if (myStrOrig.search(myRegEx) != -1) { var endCap = 0; for (eachEl in myRegExHash) { myStr = [myStr.substring(0, eachEl), myRegExHash[eachEl], myStr.substring(eachEl, myStr.length)].join(""); if (eachEl < myStr.length) { endCap = myStr.length } } $this.html([myStr.substring(0, endCap), myStr.substring(endCap, myStr.length).replace(/<(\w+)[^>]*>.*<\/\1>/gim, "").replace(/<(br|hr|img|input)[^<>]*\/?>/gim, "")].join("")) } else { $this.html(myStr) } myResults[myResultsKey] = myStrOrig; $this.html(["<div class='truncate_less'>", $this.html(), settings.trail[0], "</div>"].join("")).find(".truncate_show", this).click(function() { if ($this.find(".truncate_more").length == 0) { $this.append(["<div class='truncate_more' style='display: none;'>", myResults[myResultsKey], settings.trail[1], "</div>"].join("")).find(".truncate_hide").click(function() { $this.find(".truncate_more").css("background", "#fff").fadeOut("fast", function() { $this.find(".truncate_less").css("background", "#fff").fadeIn("fast", function() { fixIE(this); $(this).css("background", "none") }); fixIE(this) }); return false }) } $this.find(".truncate_less").fadeOut("fast", function() { $this.find(".truncate_more").fadeIn("fast", function() { fixIE(this) }); fixIE(this) }); jQuery(".truncate_show", $this).click(function() { $this.find(".truncate_less").css("background", "#fff").fadeOut("fast", function() { $this.find(".truncate_more").css("background", "#fff").fadeIn("fast", function() { fixIE(this); $(this).css("background", "none") }); fixIE(this) }); return false }); return false }) }
    })
};