What are the best methods for aligning pseudo elements vertically?

I am facing an issue with the placement of a before and after pseudo element for articleSubTitle. The problem occurs when the text from articleSubTitle wraps to a new line within a small container or on mobile devices. This causes the after element to appear right after the last word (refer to snippet).

My goal is to have the articleSubTitle treated as a single entity, with the before and after elements always positioned in the center of it, regardless of its length. I would share an image to illustrate, but the uploader isn't working.

I have tried using both display:block and display:inline-block for articleSubTitle, but neither has resolved the issue.

Can anyone offer guidance on how I can achieve this?

.container {
  width: 70%;
  background: gray;
}

.articleSubTitle {
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  color: #4d4d4d;
}

.articleSubTitle:before,
.articleSubTitle:after {
  content: '';
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  width: 70px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #2f2f2f;
}

.articleSubTitle:before {
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.articleSubTitle:after {
  margin-left: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
  <h4 class="articleSubTitle center">From the company A & the company B</h4>
</div>

htmlcss

Answer №1

Implement flexbox:

.articleSubTitle {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
}


.container {
  background: silver;
}

.articleSubTitle {
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  color: #4d4d4d;
}

.articleSubTitle {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;  /* horizontally centered */
  align-items: center;      /* vertically centered */
  text-align: center;       /* text aligned to center */
}

.articleSubTitle:before,
.articleSubTitle:after {
  content: '';
  width: 70px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #2f2f2f;
}

.articleSubTitle:before {
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.articleSubTitle:after {
  margin-left: 10px;
}
<div class="container" style="max-width: 400px; margin: 0 auto;">
  <h4 class="articleSubTitle">From the company A &amp; the company B</h4>
</div>

<div class="container">
  <h4 class="articleSubTitle">From the company A &amp; the company B</h4>
</div>

Answer №2

To resolve this issue, you can convert the element into a flexbox container:

.container {
  width: 70%;
  background: gray;
}

.articleSubTitle {
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  color: #4d4d4d;
  display: flex; /*include this*/
  align-items:center; /*include this*/
  justify-content:center; /*include this*/
}

.articleSubTitle:before,
.articleSubTitle:after {
  content: '';
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  width: 70px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #2f2f2f;
}

.articleSubTitle:before {
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.articleSubTitle:after {
  margin-left: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
  <h4 class="articleSubTitle center">From both company A and company B</h4>
</div>

Alternatively, you could utilize padding and use gradients to generate the lines:

.container {
  width: 70%;
  background: gray;
  text-align:center;
}

.articleSubTitle {
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  color: #4d4d4d;
  padding:0 80px;
  margin:0;
  display:inline-block;
  background:
   linear-gradient(#2f2f2f,#2f2f2f) left center,
   linear-gradient(#2f2f2f,#2f2f2f) right center;
  background-size:70px 1px;
  background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
<div class="container">
  <h4 class="articleSubTitle center">From both company A and company B</h4>
</div>

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