<!-- Codepen link: https://codepen.io/ericrasch/pen/Irlpm -->
<!-- content to be placed inside <body>…</body> -->
<!-- In this example, the text will appear to have a strikethrough -->
<h2 class="background">Strikethrough title</h2>
<!-- We can get rid of the strikethrough look by adding a span tag and applying a background color to the span. Applying a background to the h2:after won't work because it won't adjust and hug the text. -->
<h2 class="background"><span>Line-behind title</span></h2>
<!-- We can achieve a double-lined strikethrough by adding a box-shadow to the tag. You could probably also just use a top & bottom border, then position both. -->
<h2 class="background double"><span>Double-lined title</span></h2>
<!-- This method doesn't need a <span> or background color. Source: http://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/css-trick-for-a-horizontal-type-line-behind-text/#post-138193 -->
<h2 class="no-background"><span>Line-behind title <b>(no bg)</b></span></h2>
<!-- My new preferred choice... this method doesn't need a <span>. Source: http://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/css-trick-for-a-horizontal-type-line-behind-text/#post-132492 -->
<h2 class="no-span">Line-behind title <b>(no span/no bg)</b></h2>
<style>
/**
* Horizontal Type Line Behind Text
* Inspired by this discussion @ CSS-Tricks: http://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/css-trick-for-a-horizontal-type-line-behind-text/#post-151970
* Available on jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ericrasch/jAXXA/
* Available on Dabblet: http://dabblet.com/gist/2045198
* Available on GitHub Gist: https://gist.github.com/2045198
*/
h2 {
font: 33px sans-serif;
margin-top: 30px;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
h2.background {
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
&:before {
border-top: 2px solid #dfdfdf;
content:"";
margin: 0 auto; /* this centers the line to the full width specified */
position: absolute; /* positioning must be absolute here, and relative positioning must be applied to the parent */
top: 50%; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0;
width: 95%;
z-index: -1;
}
span {
/* to hide the lines from behind the text, you have to set the background color the same as the container */
background: #fff;
padding: 0 15px;
}
}
h2.double:before {
/* this is just to undo the :before styling from above */
border-top: none;
}
h2.double:after {
border-bottom: 1px solid blue;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 red;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 red;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 red;
content: "";
margin: 0 auto; /* this centers the line to the full width specified */
position: absolute;
top: 45%; left: 0; right: 0;
width: 95%;
z-index: -1;
}
h2.no-background {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
span {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: baseline;
zoom: 1;
*display: inline;
*vertical-align: auto;
position: relative;
padding: 0 20px;
&:before, &:after {
content: '';
display: block;
width: 1000px;
position: absolute;
top: 0.73em;
border-top: 1px solid red;
}
&:before { right: 100%; }
&:after { left: 100%; }
}
}
h2.no-span {
display: table;
white-space: nowrap;
&:before, &:after {
border-top: 1px solid green;
content: '';
display: table-cell;
position: relative;
top: 0.5em;
width: 45%;
}
&:before { right: 1.5%; }
&:after { left: 1.5%; }
}
</style>
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