Showing truncated text on hover using CSS ellipsis overlaps text below it

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You can just add height:auto to the hover state and it’ll work just fine:

JS Fiddle

.name{
    width:120px;
    color: #0079c1;
    height: 2em; 
    line-height: 1em; 
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: 400;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    margin-bottom: 12px;
    cursor: pointer;
    word-break: break-all;
    overflow:hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
}
.name:hover{
    overflow: visible; 
    white-space: normal;
    height:auto;  /* just added this line */
}
<p class="name">
Lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum ipsum lorem ipsum
</p>
<span>
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quidem voluptate deserunt consequatur velit, alias ullam fuga aspernatur, ut doloremque eos fugiat quo a accusamus minus distinctio quasi, recusandae excepturi molestiae.
</span>

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