CSS text-decoration-line Property

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Example

.example1 {
  text-decoration-line: overline;
}

.example2 {
  text-decoration-line: underline;
}

.example3 {
  text-decoration-line: line-through;
}

.example4 {
  text-decoration-line: underline overline;
}





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Meaning

The text-decoration-line property sets the kind of decoration that is used on text in an element, such as an underline or overline.

When setting multiple line-decoration properties at once, it may be more convenient to use the text-decoration shorthand property instead.

Default value:none
Inherited:No
Animatable:No
Version:CSS3
JavaScript syntax:
object.style.textDecorationLine="none|underline|overline|line-through|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset";



Standard Syntax

text-decoration-line: none|underline|overline|line-through|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;



Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.




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Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
none This is default value. Specifies no line for the text-decoration.
underline Specifies that a line will be displayed under the text.
overline Specifies that a line will be displayed over the text.
line-through Specifies that a line will be displayed through the text.
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property.
revert Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property
revert-layer Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers.
unset Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not.



Default CSS Property Values

selectors {
  text-decoration-line: none;
}
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