Working text-overflow in android browser (4.4.2)? - android

I have a problem with a web application. I have these CSS rules to make sure that if text is overflowing it will be shown with three dots. It works perfectly on all browsers that I have tested(desktop and mobile). One big except is android stock browser and more importantly only RTL mode (I have attached an image of the rendered output).
display: inline-block;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
The output should be Option 1, Option 2 and so on. There is enough space to fit this small text there but is cut off.
I have tried to use text-rendering: optimizeLegibility option and it helps in some cases but not all.
Does any one have any ideas what might be a solution for this problem?
Thank you for your time!

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i've had this issue before,
but only on android versions lower then 4.4, so maybe you could tell me what android version you are working on,
try adding:
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to your
<head></head>
on Android < 2.3 devices for elements that are fixed behave as "STATIC", (thats why your top element could be functioning normally, because its the first element and pushes the rest down)
Android 2.3 supports it but u need to disable viewport scaling as i think once written by bradfrost cant exactly remember, it was a while ago
if you experience flickering of the elment try adding
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
to your css class, or even extend it with
-webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); makes some devices run their hardware acceleration.
-webkit-perspective: 1000;
its solves the flickering, but the thing is on some android versions you only need to add the backface-visibility hidden and on some the other 2 rules (trial and error). i should go for the first one, (at first) because adding the translate 3d, will drain more battery
anyways if its just a website try the solution above,
if you are making a cordova app, try adding https://crosswalk-project.org/ which add their own webview to your cordova package solving all these browser quirks on android.
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a sidenote
when a element has position fixed, its display will be set to block,
and you have width: 100% on your elment, so if you are not using box-sizing:border-box;
the element would have a width of 100% + padding + margin added to it,
i don't know the rest of your css, maybe you are setting margin or padding by a container class which is
(check the metrics of your element with chrome inspector)
If this is the case you could do 2 things
change display
width: 100% to auto;
or add: http://www.paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/
box-sizing: -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
or add normalize: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/ to your project, above your own css (link tag) within the head (Normalize.css makes browsers render all elements more consistently and in line with modern standards. It precisely targets only the styles that need normalizing.)

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They share the same content and plugin , but different themes.
I have 3 buttons that are on my mobile site that shows clear only on certain phones.
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This happens a lot with Iphones, Ipads, etc.
Mobile devices have (again) their own css-properties.
Your question is regarding the consistent design of buttons.
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BR
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background: url(../images/field-bg.png) repeat-x;
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Citing from that article:
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