Border line next to text

Question

I have a p tag. I want a border line next to it.

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Answer 1

Use a pseudo element

Jsfiddle Demo

CSS

p {
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;

   }

p:after {
    content:"";
    position: absolute;
    border-bottom:1px solid grey; /* border-size & color are now controllable */
    width:100%;   
    height:1em;
    display: inline;
    margin-left: 1em;
}