css convert letters to their counterparts in other language - css

I'd like to know how can i convert a normal english text into other langugae. I didn't mean translate but just convert alphabets, usually, there are some counterparts of alphabets in other language..for example.. numbers in english like 1, 2, 3, 4 ... all can be converted to Arabic, Chinese, etc.
You can change list bullets like list-style-type: Arabic/Roman/...;
And it will change numbers accordingly.
I thought there was something but not sure and can't find. Like in Css i could declare the language.

Do you mean "transliterate"? No, you can't do that in CSS. You could look at this https://developers.google.com/transliterate/v1/getting_started.
Language support in CSS is pretty much limited to the list styles you mentioned, and the :lang pseudo-class to limit CSS rules to elements with a particular language:
<html lang="ja">
<body>
<div id='name'>Bob</div>
#name:lang(en)::before {
content: 'Hello ';
}
#name:lang(ja)::before {
content: 'こんにちは';
}
Whether or not you actually want to do that is another question. It results in another localization surface to worry about. For more details, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:lang.
Note: the :lang pseudo-class does not require the lang attribute to be on the particular element. It can be on any parent element (often the html element). So
:lang(en) {
is somewhat equivalent to
[lang='en'] * {
A common use of the :lang pseudo-element is to customize how quotes are presented in different languages, for instance, when using the q element:
q:lang(en) { quotes: '"' '"'; }
q:lang(ja) { quotes: '「' '」'; }
q::before { content: open-quote }
q::after { content: close-quote }

Answer: You can't convert characters with CSS alone. It's quite easy with CSS and JS, though, simply replace the character you want with a span and add content via CSS. I don't recommend it AT ALL, though.
Now, if you want a solution, I'd recommend not to re-invent the wheel and use Javascript, it's way faster, reliable and more secure. Below you have a Backbone.js solution from a relatively similar question at SO. While that question is about how to replace characters, not necessarily with CSS, it's a very good idea for you to check that page because I think you'll acknowledge it's a better method (for starters, it's POSSIBLE)
function removeDiacritics (str) {
var defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap = [
{'base':'A', 'letters':/[\u0041\u24B6\uFF21\u00C0\u00C1\u00C2\u1EA6\u1EA4\u1EAA\u1EA8\u00C3\u0100\u0102\u1EB0\u1EAE\u1EB4\u1EB2\u0226\u01E0\u00C4\u01DE\u1EA2\u00C5\u01FA\u01CD\u0200\u0202\u1EA0\u1EAC\u1EB6\u1E00\u0104\u023A\u2C6F]/g},
{'base':'AA','letters':/[\uA732]/g},
{'base':'AE','letters':/[\u00C6\u01FC\u01E2]/g},
{'base':'AO','letters':/[\uA734]/g},
{'base':'AU','letters':/[\uA736]/g},
{'base':'AV','letters':/[\uA738\uA73A]/g},
{'base':'AY','letters':/[\uA73C]/g},
{'base':'B', 'letters':/[\u0042\u24B7\uFF22\u1E02\u1E04\u1E06\u0243\u0182\u0181]/g},
{'base':'C', 'letters':/[\u0043\u24B8\uFF23\u0106\u0108\u010A\u010C\u00C7\u1E08\u0187\u023B\uA73E]/g},
{'base':'D', 'letters':/[\u0044\u24B9\uFF24\u1E0A\u010E\u1E0C\u1E10\u1E12\u1E0E\u0110\u018B\u018A\u0189\uA779]/g},
{'base':'DZ','letters':/[\u01F1\u01C4]/g},
{'base':'Dz','letters':/[\u01F2\u01C5]/g},
{'base':'E', 'letters':/[\u0045\u24BA\uFF25\u00C8\u00C9\u00CA\u1EC0\u1EBE\u1EC4\u1EC2\u1EBC\u0112\u1E14\u1E16\u0114\u0116\u00CB\u1EBA\u011A\u0204\u0206\u1EB8\u1EC6\u0228\u1E1C\u0118\u1E18\u1E1A\u0190\u018E]/g},
{'base':'F', 'letters':/[\u0046\u24BB\uFF26\u1E1E\u0191\uA77B]/g},
{'base':'G', 'letters':/[\u0047\u24BC\uFF27\u01F4\u011C\u1E20\u011E\u0120\u01E6\u0122\u01E4\u0193\uA7A0\uA77D\uA77E]/g},
{'base':'H', 'letters':/[\u0048\u24BD\uFF28\u0124\u1E22\u1E26\u021E\u1E24\u1E28\u1E2A\u0126\u2C67\u2C75\uA78D]/g},
{'base':'I', 'letters':/[\u0049\u24BE\uFF29\u00CC\u00CD\u00CE\u0128\u012A\u012C\u0130\u00CF\u1E2E\u1EC8\u01CF\u0208\u020A\u1ECA\u012E\u1E2C\u0197]/g},
{'base':'J', 'letters':/[\u004A\u24BF\uFF2A\u0134\u0248]/g},
{'base':'K', 'letters':/[\u004B\u24C0\uFF2B\u1E30\u01E8\u1E32\u0136\u1E34\u0198\u2C69\uA740\uA742\uA744\uA7A2]/g},
{'base':'L', 'letters':/[\u004C\u24C1\uFF2C\u013F\u0139\u013D\u1E36\u1E38\u013B\u1E3C\u1E3A\u0141\u023D\u2C62\u2C60\uA748\uA746\uA780]/g},
{'base':'LJ','letters':/[\u01C7]/g},
{'base':'Lj','letters':/[\u01C8]/g},
{'base':'M', 'letters':/[\u004D\u24C2\uFF2D\u1E3E\u1E40\u1E42\u2C6E\u019C]/g},
{'base':'N', 'letters':/[\u004E\u24C3\uFF2E\u01F8\u0143\u00D1\u1E44\u0147\u1E46\u0145\u1E4A\u1E48\u0220\u019D\uA790\uA7A4]/g},
{'base':'NJ','letters':/[\u01CA]/g},
{'base':'Nj','letters':/[\u01CB]/g},
{'base':'O', 'letters':/[\u004F\u24C4\uFF2F\u00D2\u00D3\u00D4\u1ED2\u1ED0\u1ED6\u1ED4\u00D5\u1E4C\u022C\u1E4E\u014C\u1E50\u1E52\u014E\u022E\u0230\u00D6\u022A\u1ECE\u0150\u01D1\u020C\u020E\u01A0\u1EDC\u1EDA\u1EE0\u1EDE\u1EE2\u1ECC\u1ED8\u01EA\u01EC\u00D8\u01FE\u0186\u019F\uA74A\uA74C]/g},
{'base':'OI','letters':/[\u01A2]/g},
{'base':'OO','letters':/[\uA74E]/g},
{'base':'OU','letters':/[\u0222]/g},
{'base':'P', 'letters':/[\u0050\u24C5\uFF30\u1E54\u1E56\u01A4\u2C63\uA750\uA752\uA754]/g},
{'base':'Q', 'letters':/[\u0051\u24C6\uFF31\uA756\uA758\u024A]/g},
{'base':'R', 'letters':/[\u0052\u24C7\uFF32\u0154\u1E58\u0158\u0210\u0212\u1E5A\u1E5C\u0156\u1E5E\u024C\u2C64\uA75A\uA7A6\uA782]/g},
{'base':'S', 'letters':/[\u0053\u24C8\uFF33\u1E9E\u015A\u1E64\u015C\u1E60\u0160\u1E66\u1E62\u1E68\u0218\u015E\u2C7E\uA7A8\uA784]/g},
{'base':'T', 'letters':/[\u0054\u24C9\uFF34\u1E6A\u0164\u1E6C\u021A\u0162\u1E70\u1E6E\u0166\u01AC\u01AE\u023E\uA786]/g},
{'base':'TZ','letters':/[\uA728]/g},
{'base':'U', 'letters':/[\u0055\u24CA\uFF35\u00D9\u00DA\u00DB\u0168\u1E78\u016A\u1E7A\u016C\u00DC\u01DB\u01D7\u01D5\u01D9\u1EE6\u016E\u0170\u01D3\u0214\u0216\u01AF\u1EEA\u1EE8\u1EEE\u1EEC\u1EF0\u1EE4\u1E72\u0172\u1E76\u1E74\u0244]/g},
{'base':'V', 'letters':/[\u0056\u24CB\uFF36\u1E7C\u1E7E\u01B2\uA75E\u0245]/g},
{'base':'VY','letters':/[\uA760]/g},
{'base':'W', 'letters':/[\u0057\u24CC\uFF37\u1E80\u1E82\u0174\u1E86\u1E84\u1E88\u2C72]/g},
{'base':'X', 'letters':/[\u0058\u24CD\uFF38\u1E8A\u1E8C]/g},
{'base':'Y', 'letters':/[\u0059\u24CE\uFF39\u1EF2\u00DD\u0176\u1EF8\u0232\u1E8E\u0178\u1EF6\u1EF4\u01B3\u024E\u1EFE]/g},
{'base':'Z', 'letters':/[\u005A\u24CF\uFF3A\u0179\u1E90\u017B\u017D\u1E92\u1E94\u01B5\u0224\u2C7F\u2C6B\uA762]/g},
{'base':'a', 'letters':/[\u0061\u24D0\uFF41\u1E9A\u00E0\u00E1\u00E2\u1EA7\u1EA5\u1EAB\u1EA9\u00E3\u0101\u0103\u1EB1\u1EAF\u1EB5\u1EB3\u0227\u01E1\u00E4\u01DF\u1EA3\u00E5\u01FB\u01CE\u0201\u0203\u1EA1\u1EAD\u1EB7\u1E01\u0105\u2C65\u0250]/g},
{'base':'aa','letters':/[\uA733]/g},
{'base':'ae','letters':/[\u00E6\u01FD\u01E3]/g},
{'base':'ao','letters':/[\uA735]/g},
{'base':'au','letters':/[\uA737]/g},
{'base':'av','letters':/[\uA739\uA73B]/g},
{'base':'ay','letters':/[\uA73D]/g},
{'base':'b', 'letters':/[\u0062\u24D1\uFF42\u1E03\u1E05\u1E07\u0180\u0183\u0253]/g},
{'base':'c', 'letters':/[\u0063\u24D2\uFF43\u0107\u0109\u010B\u010D\u00E7\u1E09\u0188\u023C\uA73F\u2184]/g},
{'base':'d', 'letters':/[\u0064\u24D3\uFF44\u1E0B\u010F\u1E0D\u1E11\u1E13\u1E0F\u0111\u018C\u0256\u0257\uA77A]/g},
{'base':'dz','letters':/[\u01F3\u01C6]/g},
{'base':'e', 'letters':/[\u0065\u24D4\uFF45\u00E8\u00E9\u00EA\u1EC1\u1EBF\u1EC5\u1EC3\u1EBD\u0113\u1E15\u1E17\u0115\u0117\u00EB\u1EBB\u011B\u0205\u0207\u1EB9\u1EC7\u0229\u1E1D\u0119\u1E19\u1E1B\u0247\u025B\u01DD]/g},
{'base':'f', 'letters':/[\u0066\u24D5\uFF46\u1E1F\u0192\uA77C]/g},
{'base':'g', 'letters':/[\u0067\u24D6\uFF47\u01F5\u011D\u1E21\u011F\u0121\u01E7\u0123\u01E5\u0260\uA7A1\u1D79\uA77F]/g},
{'base':'h', 'letters':/[\u0068\u24D7\uFF48\u0125\u1E23\u1E27\u021F\u1E25\u1E29\u1E2B\u1E96\u0127\u2C68\u2C76\u0265]/g},
{'base':'hv','letters':/[\u0195]/g},
{'base':'i', 'letters':/[\u0069\u24D8\uFF49\u00EC\u00ED\u00EE\u0129\u012B\u012D\u00EF\u1E2F\u1EC9\u01D0\u0209\u020B\u1ECB\u012F\u1E2D\u0268\u0131]/g},
{'base':'j', 'letters':/[\u006A\u24D9\uFF4A\u0135\u01F0\u0249]/g},
{'base':'k', 'letters':/[\u006B\u24DA\uFF4B\u1E31\u01E9\u1E33\u0137\u1E35\u0199\u2C6A\uA741\uA743\uA745\uA7A3]/g},
{'base':'l', 'letters':/[\u006C\u24DB\uFF4C\u0140\u013A\u013E\u1E37\u1E39\u013C\u1E3D\u1E3B\u017F\u0142\u019A\u026B\u2C61\uA749\uA781\uA747]/g},
{'base':'lj','letters':/[\u01C9]/g},
{'base':'m', 'letters':/[\u006D\u24DC\uFF4D\u1E3F\u1E41\u1E43\u0271\u026F]/g},
{'base':'n', 'letters':/[\u006E\u24DD\uFF4E\u01F9\u0144\u00F1\u1E45\u0148\u1E47\u0146\u1E4B\u1E49\u019E\u0272\u0149\uA791\uA7A5]/g},
{'base':'nj','letters':/[\u01CC]/g},
{'base':'o', 'letters':/[\u006F\u24DE\uFF4F\u00F2\u00F3\u00F4\u1ED3\u1ED1\u1ED7\u1ED5\u00F5\u1E4D\u022D\u1E4F\u014D\u1E51\u1E53\u014F\u022F\u0231\u00F6\u022B\u1ECF\u0151\u01D2\u020D\u020F\u01A1\u1EDD\u1EDB\u1EE1\u1EDF\u1EE3\u1ECD\u1ED9\u01EB\u01ED\u00F8\u01FF\u0254\uA74B\uA74D\u0275]/g},
{'base':'oi','letters':/[\u01A3]/g},
{'base':'ou','letters':/[\u0223]/g},
{'base':'oo','letters':/[\uA74F]/g},
{'base':'p','letters':/[\u0070\u24DF\uFF50\u1E55\u1E57\u01A5\u1D7D\uA751\uA753\uA755]/g},
{'base':'q','letters':/[\u0071\u24E0\uFF51\u024B\uA757\uA759]/g},
{'base':'r','letters':/[\u0072\u24E1\uFF52\u0155\u1E59\u0159\u0211\u0213\u1E5B\u1E5D\u0157\u1E5F\u024D\u027D\uA75B\uA7A7\uA783]/g},
{'base':'s','letters':/[\u0073\u24E2\uFF53\u00DF\u015B\u1E65\u015D\u1E61\u0161\u1E67\u1E63\u1E69\u0219\u015F\u023F\uA7A9\uA785\u1E9B]/g},
{'base':'t','letters':/[\u0074\u24E3\uFF54\u1E6B\u1E97\u0165\u1E6D\u021B\u0163\u1E71\u1E6F\u0167\u01AD\u0288\u2C66\uA787]/g},
{'base':'tz','letters':/[\uA729]/g},
{'base':'u','letters':/[\u0075\u24E4\uFF55\u00F9\u00FA\u00FB\u0169\u1E79\u016B\u1E7B\u016D\u00FC\u01DC\u01D8\u01D6\u01DA\u1EE7\u016F\u0171\u01D4\u0215\u0217\u01B0\u1EEB\u1EE9\u1EEF\u1EED\u1EF1\u1EE5\u1E73\u0173\u1E77\u1E75\u0289]/g},
{'base':'v','letters':/[\u0076\u24E5\uFF56\u1E7D\u1E7F\u028B\uA75F\u028C]/g},
{'base':'vy','letters':/[\uA761]/g},
{'base':'w','letters':/[\u0077\u24E6\uFF57\u1E81\u1E83\u0175\u1E87\u1E85\u1E98\u1E89\u2C73]/g},
{'base':'x','letters':/[\u0078\u24E7\uFF58\u1E8B\u1E8D]/g},
{'base':'y','letters':/[\u0079\u24E8\uFF59\u1EF3\u00FD\u0177\u1EF9\u0233\u1E8F\u00FF\u1EF7\u1E99\u1EF5\u01B4\u024F\u1EFF]/g},
{'base':'z','letters':/[\u007A\u24E9\uFF5A\u017A\u1E91\u017C\u017E\u1E93\u1E95\u01B6\u0225\u0240\u2C6C\uA763]/g}
];
for(var i=0; i<defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap.length; i++) {
str = str.replace(defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap[i].letters, defaultDiacriticsRemovalMap[i].base);
}
return str;
}

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How to make charecter bold/colored in <h:outputText> [duplicate]

I'm assuming it's not possible, but just in case it is or someone has a nice trick up their sleeves, is there a way to target certain characters using CSS?
For example make all letters z in paragraphs red, or in my particular case set vertical-align:sup on all 7 in elements marked with the class chord.
Hi I know you said in CSS but as everybody told you, you can't, this is a javascript solution, just my 2 cents.
best...
JSFiddle
css
span.highlight{
background:#F60;
padding:5px;
display:inline-block;
color:#FFF;
}
p{
font-family:Verdana;
}
html
<p>
Let's go Zapata let's do it for the revolution, Zapatistas!!!
</p>
javascript
jQuery.fn.highlight = function (str, className) {
var regex = new RegExp(str, "gi");
return this.each(function () {
this.innerHTML = this.innerHTML.replace(regex, function(matched) {return "<span class=\"" + className + "\">" + matched + "</span>";});
});
};
$("p").highlight("Z","highlight");
Result
That's not possible in CSS. Your only option would be first-letter and that's not going to cut it. Either use JavaScript or (as you stated in your comments), your server-side language.
The only way to do it in CSS is to wrap them in a span and give the span a class. Then target all spans with that class.
As far as I understand it only works with regular characters/letters. For example: what if we want to highlight all asterisk (\u002A) symbols on page. Tried
$("p").highlight("u\(u002A)","highlight");in js and inserted * in html but it did not worked.
In reply to #ncubica but too long for a comment, here's a version that doesn't use regular expressions and doesn't alter any DOM nodes other than Text nodes. Pardon my CoffeeScript.
# DOM Element.nodeType:
NodeType =
ELEMENT: 1
ATTRIBUTE: 2
TEXT: 3
COMMENT: 8
# Tags all instances of text `target` with <span class=$class>$target</span>
#
jQuery.fn.tag = (target, css_class)->
#contents().each (index)->
jthis = $ #
switch #.nodeType
when NodeType.ELEMENT
jthis.tag target, css_class
when NodeType.TEXT
text = jthis.text()
altered = text.replaceAll target, "<span class=\"#{css_class}\">$&</span>"
if altered isnt text
jthis.replaceWith altered
($ document).ready ->
($ 'div#page').tag '⚀', 'die'

Targetting element:only-child with no sibling text node [duplicate]

I would like to select anchor tags only when they're completely by themselves, that way I can make those look like buttons, without causing anchors within sentences to look like buttons. I don't want to add an extra class because this is going within a CMS.
I originally was trying this:
article p a:first-child:last-child {
background-color: #b83634;
color: white;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 4px 24px;
}
But it doesn't work because text content isn't considered as criteria for :first-child or :last-child.
I would like to match
<p><a href='#'>Link</a></p>
but not
<p><a href='#'>Link</a> text content</p>
or
<p>text content <a href='#'>Link</a></p>
Is this possible with CSS?
The simple answer is: no, you can't.
As explained here, here and here, there is no CSS selector that applies to the text nodes.
If you could use jQuery, take a look at the contains selector.
Unfortunately no, you can't.
You have to use JS by it self or any librady of it to interact with content of elements and found where is each element in the content.
If you wish me to update my answer with a JS example prease ask for it.
I don't think it's generally possible, but you can come close. Here are some helpful places to start:
The Only Child Selector which would allow you to select all a elements which have no siblings like so a:only-child {/* css */}. See more here. (Also see edit)
The Not Selector which would allow you to exclude some elements perhaps using something along the lines of :not(p) > a {/* css */} which should select all anchors not in a paragraph. See some helpful information here.
Combining selectors to be as specific as possible. You might want all anchors not in an h1 and all anchors not in a p.
Example:
The final product might look like this:
a:only-child, :not(p) > a {/* css */}
This should select all anchors that are only children and anchors that are not in a paragraph.
Final note:
You may want to consider making the buttons actual button or input tags to make your life easier. Getting the HTML right first usually makes the CSS simpler.
Edit: the only child ignores the text, so that's pretty much useless here. I guess it's less doable than I thought.
jQuery Code Example:
// this will select '<p><a></a></p>' or '<p><a></a>text</p>'
// but not '<p><a></a><a></a></p>'
$('p').has('a:only-child').each(function() {
const p = $(this); // jQuerify
let hasalsotext = false;
p.contents().each(function(){
if ((this.nodeType === 3) && (this.nodeValue.trim() !== "")) {
hasalsotext = true;
return false; // break
}
});
if (!hasalsotext) {
$('a', p).addClass('looks-like-a-button');
}
});

How to apply CSS to second word in a string?

If I have the following string: John Smith, how could I use CSS to set font-weight: bold on the second word in order to achieve: John Smith.
Can this be done in pure CSS?
Update: I am retrieving user's name from the server, so in my template it is #{user.profile.name}.
Since a js solution was suggested and pure CSS isn't presently possible: Live demo (click).
Sample markup:
<p class="bold-second-word">John Smith</p>
<p class="bold-second-word">This guy and stuff.</p>
JavaScript:
var toBold = document.getElementsByClassName('bold-second-word');
for (var i=0; i<toBold.length; ++i) {
boldSecondWord(toBold[i]);
}
function boldSecondWord(elem) {
elem.innerHTML = elem.textContent.replace(/\w+ (\w+)/, function(s, c) {
return s.replace(c, '<b>'+c+'</b>');
});
}
It cannot be done in pure CSS, sorry. But if you are willing to accept a JavaScript fix, then you might want to look into something like this:
Find the start and end index of the second word in the element's textContent.
Add contenteditable attribute to element.
Use the Selection API to select that range.
Use execCommand with the bold command.
Remove contenteditable attribute.
EDIT: (just saw your edit) I agree this is a bit too hack-y for most uses. Perhaps you'd be better off saving what the last name is as meta-data?
It seems to be impossible by using only pure CSS. However, with a bit of JS you could get there pretty easily:
const phrases = document.querySelectorAll('.bold-second-word');
for (const phrase of phrases) {
const words = phrase.innerHTML.split(' ');
words[1] = `<b>${words[1]}</b>`; // this would return the second word
phrase.innerHTML = words.join(' ');
}
<p class="bold-second-word">John Smith</p>
<p class="bold-second-word">Aaron Kelly Jones</p>

CSS text-transform capitalize on all caps

Here is my HTML:
small caps &
ALL CAPS
Here is my CSS:
.link {text-transform: capitalize;}
The output is:
Small Caps & ALL CAPS
and I want the output to be:
Small Caps & All Caps
Any ideas?
You can almost do it with:
.link {
text-transform: lowercase;
}
.link:first-letter,
.link:first-line {
text-transform: uppercase;
}
It will give you the output:
Small Caps
All Caps
There is no way to do this with CSS, you could use PHP or Javascript for this.
PHP example:
$text = "ALL CAPS";
$text = ucwords(strtolower($text)); // All Caps
jQuery example (it's a plugin now!):
// Uppercase every first letter of a word
jQuery.fn.ucwords = function() {
return this.each(function(){
var val = $(this).text(), newVal = '';
val = val.split(' ');
for(var c=0; c < val.length; c++) {
newVal += val[c].substring(0,1).toUpperCase() + val[c].substring(1,val[c].length) + (c+1==val.length ? '' : ' ');
}
$(this).text(newVal);
});
}
$('a.link').ucwords();​
Convert with JavaScript using .toLowerCase() and capitalize would do the rest.
Interesting question!
capitalize transforms every first letter of a word to uppercase, but it does not transform the other letters to lowercase. Not even the :first-letter pseudo-class will cut it (because it applies to the first letter of each element, not each word), and I can't see a way of combining lowercase and capitalize to get the desired outcome.
So as far as I can see, this is indeed impossible to do with CSS.
#Harmen shows good-looking PHP and jQuery workarounds in his answer.
I'd like to sugest a pure CSS solution that is more useful than the first letter solution presented but is also very similar.
.link {
text-transform: lowercase;
display: inline-block;
}
.link::first-line {
text-transform: capitalize;
}
<div class="link">HELLO WORLD!</div>
<p class="link">HELLO WORLD!</p>
HELLO WORLD! ( now working! )
Although this is limited to the first line it may be useful for more use cases than the first letter solution since it applies capitalization to the whole line and not only the first word. (all words in the first line)
In the OP's specific case this could have solved it.
Notes: As mentioned in the first letter solution comments, the order of the CSS rules is important! Also note that I changed the <a> tag for a <div> tag because for some reason the pseudo-element ::first-line doesn't work with <a> tags natively but either <div> or <p> are fine.
EDIT: the <a> element will work if display: inline-block; is added to the .link class. Thanks to Dave Land for spotting that!
New Note: if the text wraps it will loose the capitalization because it is now in fact on the second line (first line is still ok).
JavaScript:
var links = document.getElementsByClassName("link");
for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) {
links[i].innerHTML = links[i].innerHTML.toLowerCase();
}
CSS:
.link { text-transform: capitalize; }
What Khan "ended up doing" (which is cleaner and worked for me) is down in the comments of the post marked as the answer.
captialize only effects the first letter of the word. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#propdef-text-transform
You can do it with css first-letter!
eg I wanted it for the Menu:
a {display:inline-block; text-transorm:uppercase;}
a::first-letter {font-size:50px;}
It only runs with block elements - therefore the inline-block!
May be useful for java and jstl.
Initialize variable with localized message.
After that it is possible to use it in jstl toLowerCase function.
Transform with CSS.
In JSP
1.
<fmt:message key="some.key" var="item"/>
2.
<div class="content">
${fn:toLowerCase(item)}
</div>
In CSS
3.
.content {
text-transform:capitalize;
}
If the data is coming from a database, as in my case, you can lower it before sending it to a select list/drop down list. Shame you can't do it in CSS.
After researching a lot I found jquery function/expression to change text in first letter in uppercase only, I modify that code accordingly to make it workable for input field. When you will write something in input field and then move to another filed or element, the text of that field will change with 1st-letter capitalization only. No matter user type text in complete lower or upper case capitalization:
Follow this code:
Step-1: Call jquery library in html head:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
Step-2: Write code to change text of input fields:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#edit-submitted-first-name,#edit-submitted-last-name,#edit-submitted-company-name, #edit-submitted-city").focusout(function(){
var str=$(this).val();
str = str.toLowerCase().replace(/\b[a-z]/g, function(letter) {
return letter.toUpperCase();
});
$(this).val(str);
});});
</script>
Step-3: Create HTML input fields with same id's you use in jquery code like:
<input type="text" id="edit-submitted-first-name" name="field name">
The id of this input field is: edit-submitted-first-name (It using in jquery code in step-2)
**Result:
Make sure the text will change after you move your focus from that input field at another element. Because we using focus out event of jquery here.
Result should like this: User Type: "thank you" it will change with "Thank You".
**
Best of luck
The PHP solution, in backend:
$string = 'UPPERCASE';
$lowercase = strtolower($string);
echo ucwords($lowercase);
I know this is a late response but if you want to compare the performance of various solutions I have a jsPerf that I created.
Regex solutions are the fastest for sure.
Here is the jsPerf: https://jsperf.com/capitalize-jwaz
There are 2 regex solutions.
The first one uses/\b[a-z]/g. Word boundary will capital words such as non-disclosure to Non-Disclosure.
If you only want to capitalize letters that are preceded by a space then use the second regex
/(^[a-z]|\s[a-z])/g
if you are using jQuery; this is one a way to do it:
$('.link').each(function() {
$(this).css('text-transform','capitalize').text($(this).text().toLowerCase());
});
Here is an easier to read version doing the same thing:
//Iterate all the elements in jQuery object
$('.link').each(function() {
//get text from element and make it lower-case
var string = $(this).text().toLowerCase();
//set element text to the new string that is lower-case
$(this).text(string);
//set the css to capitalize
$(this).css('text-transform','capitalize');
});
Demo
all wrong it does exist --> font-variant: small-caps;
text-transform:capitalize; just the first letter cap

Doing quotes in CSS

I have some legacy CSS I wanted to clean up. Person who wrote it is not available for consultation. The following rule does not validate (CSS 2.1):
html[lang=en] q: before, : lang(en) q: before {
content: "“";
}
Would it be safe to assume that the author mean the following (this validates):
html[lang=en] q:before, q:lang(en):before {
content: "“";
}
Also, is the first selector different from the second one in any way? Is each specific to a certain browser?
Thanks.
This selector does not appear to work in Firefox:
: lang(en) q: before
It is probably supposed to be
:lang(en) q:before
Which is not the same as
q:lang(en):before
You can see this in action with the following test case:
:lang(en) q:before {
content: "a";
}
q:lang(en):before {
content: "b";
}
<div lang="en">
<q lang="zh">Hello zh</q> <q lang="en">Hello EN</q> <q>Hello Plain</q>
</div>
This gives
a"Hello zh" b"Hello EN" b"Hello Plain"
Basically the :lang(en) q:before rule says "Before any Q inside any element with English language", while q:lang(en):before says "before any Q that is in the English Language".
Also, the two selectors that are used (html[lang=en] q:before and :lang(en) q:before) are not exactly equivalent but will achieve the same effect most of the time if the browser in question understands one of the selectors. :lang(en) is a newer selector that identifies the language while html[lang=en] is an attribute selector that merely identifes some attribute called lang.
this is definately wrong :
before, : lang(en)
the , : can't be used like this, the comma indicates a new "rule", the colon a pseudp property (like in a:link).
P.S. do content and before work in IE?

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