diff --git a/app/views/experiments/canvas.html.erb b/app/views/experiments/canvas.html.erb
index 8cccb9cdf..0567fe6af 100644
--- a/app/views/experiments/canvas.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/experiments/canvas.html.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                 position: 'left'
             } do %>
             <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-pencil"></span>
-            <%= t('experiments.canvas.canvas_edit') %>
+            <span class="hidden-xs"><%=t 'experiments.canvas.canvas_edit' %></span>
           <% end %>
   <% end %>
   <!-- pexperiment actions -->
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     </span>
   <% end %>
   <div class="toolbarButtons">
-    <%= t('experiments.canvas.zoom') %>
+    <span class="hidden-xs"><%=t 'experiments.canvas.zoom' %></span>
     <div id="zoom-level-buttons" class=" <%= 'btn-group' if can_edit_canvas(@experiment) && can_create_experiment(@project)  %>" data-toggle="buttons">
       <%=link_to canvas_full_zoom_experiment_path(@experiment), remote: true, type: "button", class: "ajax btn btn-default active", "data-action" => "full_zoom", "data-toggle" => "button", "aria-pressed" => true do %>
         <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-th-large" aria-hidden="true" ></span>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         id: 'new-experiment',
         class: "btn btn-primary pull-right" do %>
           <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>
-          <%= t('experiments.new.create') %>
+          <span class="hidden-xs"><%=t 'experiments.new.create' %></span>
         <% end %>
   <% end %>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/show.html.erb b/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
index bc6311489..9fee1caef 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                             position: 'left'
                             }   do %>
             <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>
-            <%= t('experiments.new.create') %>
+            <span class="hidden-xs"><%=t 'experiments.new.create' %></span>
           <% end %>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/views/protocols/_steps.html.erb b/app/views/protocols/_steps.html.erb
index 339d56366..f2d94300c 100644
--- a/app/views/protocols/_steps.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/protocols/_steps.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   <div class="pull-right" style="margin: 20px 15px 0 0;">
     <% if can_create_step_in_protocol(@protocol) %>
       <a class="btn btn-primary" data-action="new-step" href="<%= new_protocol_step_path(protocol_id: @protocol.id, format: :json) %>" data-remote="true">
-        <%= t("protocols.steps.new_step") %>
+        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+        <span class="hidden-xs"><%=t "protocols.steps.new_step" %></span>
       </a>
     <% end %>
     <a class="btn btn-greyed" data-action="collapse-steps">