CSS text-decoration-line Property
Example
Set different types of text-decoration lines:
div.a
{
text-decoration-line: overline;
}
div.b
{
text-decoration-line: underline;
}
div.c
{
text-decoration-line: line-through;
}
div.d
{
text-decoration-line: overline underline;
}
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Definition and Usage
The text-decoration-line property sets the kind of text decoration to use
(like underline, overline, line-through).
Tip: Also look at the text-decoration property, which is a short-hand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-style, text-decoration-color, and text-decoration-thickness.
Note: You can also combine more than one value, like underline and overline to display lines both under and over the text.
| Default value: | none |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.textDecorationLine="overline" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| text-decoration-line | 57 | 79 | 36 | 12.1 | 44 |
CSS Syntax
text-decoration-line: none|underline|overline|line-through|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| none | Default value. Specifies no line for the text-decoration | Demo ❯ |
| underline | Specifies that a line will be displayed under the text | Demo ❯ |
| overline | Specifies that a line will be displayed over the text | Demo ❯ |
| line-through | Specifies that a line will be displayed through the text | Demo ❯ |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Text Decoration
HTML DOM reference: textDecorationLine property
