A PostCSS plugin to add automatically add overflow: hidden and white-space: nowrap when text-overflow: ellipsis is declared Installation npm install postcss-ellipsis Example div { text-overflow: ellipsis} will produce div { display: block; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap;} Usage Using Gulp. var gulp = require('gulp'), postcss = require('gulp-postcss'), ellipsis = require('postcss-ellipsis'); gulp.task('css', function() { gulp.src('path/to/dev/css'). .pipe(postcss({ // use it after nesting plugins ellipsis })) .pipe(gulp.dest('path/to/build/css'));}); // rest of the gulp file