We sometimes get asked whether we use ellipsis (...) in content. We do have at least 2 teams who've used it. But for now, there's not sufficient evidence to warrant recommending its use. We don't know how users understand it and it may just add clutter and distract.
It is sometimes used in the loading spinner but our loading spinner pattern and GOV.UK's doesn't use it. (See NHS.UK loading spinner in GitHub backlog.) The ellipsis doesn't appear to add anything to the word "Loading".
It has also been used by the NHS.UK Ratings and reviews team.
They were used only on the profile page (example: Provide profile page on the NHS website) to:
limit the text and easily fit 3 on the page, no matter the size
try and make it more obvious the user could click on those sample ratings and engage further with the R&R section
(For some reason the team couldn’t use a ‘Read more>’.)
Needs further UR.
We sometimes get asked whether we use ellipsis (...) in content. We do have at least 2 teams who've used it. But for now, there's not sufficient evidence to warrant recommending its use. We don't know how users understand it and it may just add clutter and distract.
It is sometimes used in the loading spinner but our loading spinner pattern and GOV.UK's doesn't use it. (See NHS.UK loading spinner in GitHub backlog.) The ellipsis doesn't appear to add anything to the word "Loading".
It has also been used by the NHS.UK Ratings and reviews team.
They were used only on the profile page (example: Provide profile page on the NHS website) to:
(For some reason the team couldn’t use a ‘Read more>’.) Needs further UR.