How to Keep Your Shopify Product Titles and Prices in Line: A Story of Digital Tidying

A while ago, during a period of digital chaos, I found myself in a befuddling situation. It was kind of like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole—an experience that many of us, I suspect, are all too familiar with in our online escapades. Our mission was simple and seemingly innocuous: to make two lines of text behave in a manner that was aesthetically pleasing. You know, title on the left, price on the right—a digital yin-yang of sorts.

But alas, our titles were rebellious, sometimes sprawling into regions of white space where no title should ever venture. If you've ever been on a mission to make things line up just right, you'll relate. It’s an odd human quirk, this desire for alignments, but there's a kind of zen to be found in it. Anyway, let’s dive into our digital toolbox and sort this out, lest we remain forever tormented by titles that refuse to toe the line.

Unraveling the Mystery of the Off-Kilter Text

Remember that time we tried to organize our digital sock drawer - the Prestige theme's CSS stylesheet? It's like we're back at it again. The first place we looked was there, suspecting that the clandestine rules of text alignment were hidden amongst the lines of code.

Now, you'll want to access the theme editor. Before you wince at the thought of coding, know that it's a bit like learning to cook—once you know what you're doing, it feels like magic, and with a recipe in hand, you'll do great. Here’s the exact recipe:

Access Theme Editor: Head to your Shopify Admin > Online Store > Themes. Find that ‘Prestige’ theme idolized by many. Hit the ‘Actions’ button and choose ‘Edit code’.
Locate the CSS file: We’re getting our hands dirty right away. Find the "Assets" folder in the sidebar and look for theme.scss.liquid or a similar CSS file that contains your theme's styles.

Adding Our Ingredients: Add these custom styles at the bottom of the CSS file:

.product-single__title {
  float: left;
  max-width: 60%; /* Adjust width as necessary */
}

.product-single__price {
  float: right;
  max-width: 35%; /* Adjust width as necessary */
}

These magic lines tell our devoted browser that titles should respect boundaries—all in their lane with no lane changing—and likewise for prices. A perfect two-lane highway running across the product page.

Taming the Wild Text

Once upon a time - possibly as recently as today - we faced another hiccup. The text kept wriggling out of alignment, much like socks that never stay matched in the laundry. So, it beckoned us to alter our approach slightly.

Turns out, sometimes long words or phrases play havoc. Titles can’t be cut short—oh no, they must breathe! Enter the ‘ellipsis’. The ellipsis is the wise old friend in our toolkit, always knowing when to truncate that unruly text. Here's a neat trick:

Apply An Overflow Rule: Locate that bit of code you lovingly inserted and add one more suave style:

.product-single__title,
.product-single__price {
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

With these adjustments, any oversized title or price will now shrug and shorten, adhering to our request with a dot, dot, and another dot. Neat, huh?

Polishing Our Work

It feels great when things start to fall into place, doesn’t it? It’s kind of like that moment you finally understand the ending of a complex movie. Our final task is just to ensure everything looks seamless even during the quick transitions.

Check Your Responsiveness: Grab your phone, tablet, or shrink your browser window to mimic smaller screens and see if our text is still misbehaving. If they are, it's back to the drawing board (or rather, the keyboard).

Adjust Media Queries: You may need to add specific styles that only apply when the screen size changes:

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .product-single__title,
  .product-single__price {
    max-width: 100%;
    text-align: left; /* Or center, whichever fits better */
  }
}

And there we have it, fellow digital locksmiths, a cleaner, more cohesive product display ready for the world to marvel at. Go forth and conquer those unruly texts with the confidence of one who tamed digital chaos today. And remember, the quest for digital perfection is an odyssey, but armed with the right code, we're unstoppable.