Create line after text with css

Issue

Im trying to make a line after each of my h2 tags. I can´t figure out how I should tell the width, cause the lenght of the h2 headlines is differ from h2 to h2.

I use the :after method to create lines

       h2:after {
       position: absolute;
       content: "";
       height: 2px;
       background-color: #242424;
       width: 50%;
       margin-left: 15px;
       top: 50%;
       } 

Check code here: http://jsfiddle.net/s9gHf/ As you can see the line get too wide, and make the website too wide.

Solution

You could achieve this with an extra <span>:

h2 {
  font-size: 1rem;
  position: relative;
}

h2 span {
  background-color: white;
  padding-right: 10px;
}

h2:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: 0.5em;
  border-top: 1px solid black;
  z-index: -1;
}

<h2><span>Featured products</span></h2>
<h2><span>Here is a very long h2, and as you can see the line get too wide</span></h2>

Another solution without the extra <span> but requires an overflow: hidden on the <h2>:

h2 {
  font-size: 1rem;
  overflow: hidden;
}

h2:after {
  content: "";
  display: inline-block;
  height: 0.5em;
  vertical-align: bottom;
  width: 100%;
  margin-right: -100%;
  margin-left: 10px;
  border-top: 1px solid black;
}

<h2><span>Featured products</span></h2>
<h2><span>Here is a very long h2, and as you can see the line get too wide</span></h2>

External examples: First, Second

Answered By - myajouri