# A Responsive Item Counter with CSS only

DevFeed: [A Responsive Item Counter with CSS only](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-responsive-item-counter-with-css-only-51347.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.gitbutler.com/responsive-item-counter-css>)

Author: noreply@gitbutler.com (Pavel Laptev)

Published: 2025-09-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Butler's Log](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/butler-s-log.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container.md>), [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [custom-properties](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/custom-properties.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [gitbutler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitbutler.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [responsive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/responsive.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>), [ui-frontend-css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui-frontend-css.md>), [version-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version-control.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial showing how to build a responsive "+X more" item counter with CSS Container Queries, Custom Properties, and CSS Counters. The approach limits visible items based on component width and updates the count without JavaScript resize listeners or observers.

## Source excerpt

Learn to create dynamic "+X more" counters that update automatically without JavaScript, using CSS Container Queries, Custom Properties, and Counters for responsive components that adapt to container width.