CSS text-decoration Property
Example
.example1 {
text-decoration: overline;
}
.example2 {
text-decoration: underline;
}
.example3 {
text-decoration: line-through;
}
.example4 {
text-decoration: underline overline;
}Hello World!
Meaning
The text-decoration property shorthand CSS property sets the appearance of decorative lines on text.
It is a shorthand for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style, and the newer text-decoration-thickness property.
| Default value: | none currentColor solid auto |
| Inherited: | No |
| Animatable: | No |
| Version: | CSS1, renewed in CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | |
Standard Syntax
text-decoration: text-decoration-line text-decoration-color text-decoration-style text-decoration-thickness|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Status
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| text-decoration-line | Sets the kind of decoration used, such as underline or line-through. |
| text-decoration-color | Sets the color of the decoration. |
| text-decoration-style | Sets the style of the line used for the decoration, such as solid, wavy, or dashed. |
| text-decoration-thickness | Sets the thickness of the line used for the decoration. |
| 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: none currentColor solid auto;
}