text-decoration-line

The text-decoration-line CSS property sets what kind of line decorations are added to an element.

Underline decorations are positioned under the text, overline decorations are positioned above the text, and line-through decorations are positioned through the middle of the text.

Initial value	none
Applies to	all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line.
Inherited	no
Media	visual
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	order of appearance in the formal grammar of the values

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
text-decoration-line: none;
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-line: overline;
text-decoration-line: line-through;
text-decoration-line: underline overline;                /* Two decoration lines */
text-decoration-line: overline underline line-through;   /* Multiple decoration lines */

/* Global values */
text-decoration-line: inherit;
text-decoration-line: initial;
text-decoration-line: unset;

Values

Accepts none, or one or more whitespace separated values:

none

Produces no text decoration.

underline

Each line of text is underlined.

overline

Each line of text has a line above it.

line-through

Each line of text has a line through the middle.

blink

The text blinks (alternates between visible and invisible). Conforming user agents may simply not blink the text. This value is deprecated in favor of Animations.

-moz-anchor-decoration

The text is decorated as an anchor; not suitable for web content.

Formal syntax

none | [ underline || overline || line-through || blink ]

Example

HTML content

<p>Here's some text with wavy red underline!</p>

CSS content

p { 
  text-decoration-line: underline;
  text-decoration-style: wavy;
  text-decoration-color: red;
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Text Decoration Level 3 The definition of 'text-decoration-line' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition. The text-decoration property wasn't a shorthand before.

Browser compatibility

[1] The prefixed version was removed in Gecko 39.0 (Firefox 39.0 / Thunderbird 39.0 / SeaMonkey 2.36).

[2] The value is considered valid, but no blinking will happen, as the spec allows user agents to ignore it.

[3] See WebKit bug 90959.