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Text transform

The text transform class sets the text-transform property. It controls the capitalization patterns of text.

Overview

CSS Shortcut class Applied style 
text-capitalize
 
text-transform: capitalize;
 
text-lowercase
 
text-transform: lowercase;
 
text-uppercase
 
text-transform: uppercase;
 
text-none
 
text-transform: none;

Examples

Capitalize
text-capitalize

This text has the first letter of each word capitalized.

<p class="text-capitalize">
  This text has the first letter of each word capitalized.
</p>

Lowercase
text-lowercase

This text has all characters in lowercase.

<p class="text-lowercase">
  This text has all characters in lowercase.
</p>

Uppercase
text-uppercase

This text has all characters in uppercase.

<p class="text-uppercase">
  This text has all characters in uppercase.
</p>

None
text-none

This text is displayed as originally entered. Any text transformations are removed.

<p class="text-none">
  This text is displayed as originally entered. Any text transformations are removed.
</p>

Conditional styling Apply this style to specific screen sizes Use a responsive layout prefix to apply this class only to a specified screen size. The available breakpoints are:

  • xs: > 480px
  • sm: > 640px
  • md: > 768px
  • lg: > 1024px
  • xl: > 1280px
  
<div class="xs:text-capitalize ...">
  ...
</div>

Learn more about the responsive layout prefix.

2025-10-01