How can I replace text with CSS?

Question

How can I replace text with CSS using a method like this:

.pvw-title img[src*=\"IKON.img\"] { visibility:hidden; }

Instead of ( img

Answer 1

Or maybe you could wrap 'Facts' round a <span> as follows:

<div class="pvw-title"><span>Facts</span></div>

Then use:

.pvw-title span {
  display: none;
}
.pvw-title:after {
  content: 'whatever it is you want to add';
}

Answer 2

I had an issue where I had to replace the text of link, but I couldn't use JavaScript nor could I directly change the text of a hyperlink as it was compiled down from XML. Also, I couldn't use pseudo elements, or they didn't seem to work when I had tried them.

Basically, I put the text I wanted into a span and put the anchor tag underneath it and wrapped both in a div. I basically moved the anchor tag up via CSS and then made the font transparent. Now when you hover over the span, it "acts" like a link. A really hacky way of doing this, but this is how you can have a link with different text...

This is a fiddle of how I got around this issue

My HTML

<div class="field">
    <span>This is your link text</span><br/>
    <a href="//www.google.com" target="_blank">This is your actual link</a>
</div>

My CSS

 div.field a {
     color: transparent;
     position: absolute;
     top:1%;
 }
 div.field span {
     display: inline-block;
 }

The CSS will need to change based off your requirements, but this is a general way of doing what you are asking.

Answer 3

Obligatory: This is a hack: CSS isn't the right place to do this, but in some situations - eg, you have a third party library in an iframe that can only be customized by CSS - this kind of hack is the only option.

You can replace text through CSS. Let's replace a green button that has the word 'hello' with a red button that has the word 'goodbye', using CSS.

Before:

After:

See http://jsfiddle.net/ZBj2m/274/ for a live demo:

Here's our green button:

<button>Hello</button>

button {
  background-color: green;
  color: black;
  padding: 5px;
}

Now let's hide the original element, but add another block element afterwards:

button {
  visibility: hidden;
}
button:after {
  content:'goodbye'; 
  visibility: visible;
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: red;
  padding: 5px;
  top: 2px;
}

Note:

• We explicitly need to mark this as a block element, 'after' elements are inline by default
• We need to compensate for the original element by adjusting the pseudo-element's position.
• We must hide the original element and display the pseudo element using visibility. Note display: none on the original element doesn't work.

Answer 4

If you're willing to use pseudo elements and let them insert content, you can do the following. It doesn't assume knowledge of the original element and doesn't require additional markup.

.element {
  text-indent: -9999px;
  line-height: 0; /* Collapse the original line */
}

.element::after {
  content: "New text";
  text-indent: 0;
  display: block;
  line-height: initial; /* New content takes up original line height */
}

JSFiddle Example

Answer 5

Using a pseudo element, this method doesn't require knowledge of the original element and doesn't require any additional markup.

#someElement{
    color: transparent; /* You may need to change this color */
    position: relative;
}
#someElement:after { /* Or use :before if that tickles your fancy */
    content: "New text";
    color: initial;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
}

Answer 6

I use this trick:

.pvw-title {
    text-indent: -999px;
}
.pvw-title:after {
    text-indent: 0px;
    float: left;
    content: 'My New Content';
}

I've even used this to handle internationalization of pages by just changing a base class...

.translate-es .welcome {
    text-indent: -999px;
}
.translate-es .welcome:after {
    text-indent: 0px;
    float: left;
    content: '¡Bienvenidos!';
}