How to change text (not font size) according to screen size in CSS?

javascript css media-queries

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Solution 1

Have 2 spans with full and short strings, then when below target resolution, swap between them using a media query:

HTML

<span class="full-text">Saturday</span>
<span class="short-text">Sat</span>

CSS

// Hide short text by default (resolution > 1200px)
.short-text { display: none; }

// When resolution <= 1200px, hide full text and show short text
@media (max-width: 1200px) {
    .short-text { display: inline-block; }
    .full-text { display: none; }
}

Replace 1200px with your target resolution breakpoint.

Solution 2

An example using ::after. Not sure if it's accessible to screen readers and such.

Press "full page" and resize to below 500px to see in action.

Benefits of this approach are:

All content is in the html file, not in css
I think that by only hiding the day label, and not removing its content, you circumvent some accessibility issues

@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
    /* Add a pseudo element with the 
       text from attribute 'data-abbr' */
    .day[data-abbr]::after { 
        content: attr(data-abbr); 
    }
    
    /* Hide the original label */
    .day > span { display: none; }
}

<div class="day" data-abbr="sat">
    <span>Saturday</span>
</div>


<div class="day" data-abbr="sun">
    <span>Sunday</span>
</div>

Solution 3

You can use Jquery for this

<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
   if($( window ).width() < 767){
       $("p").text("Sat");
   }else{
       $("p").text("Saturday");
   }
});
$( window ).resize(function() {
	if($( window ).width() < 767){
       $("p").text("Sat");
   }else{
       $("p").text("Saturday");
   }
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Saturday</p>
</body>
</html>

Here I have placed two functions .ready() and .resize, I have used resize function for just testing, use anyone or both it as per your need.

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Author by

Ahmet AY

Updated on March 20, 2020

Comments

Ahmet AY over 4 years

I want to use abbreviation of days in small screen size.
For example when screen is shrinked I want to change 'Saturday' to 'Sat'.
How can I do this?