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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

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support No support 6.0 (6.0) -moz[1]
36.0 (36.0)
No support No support 7.1 -webkit
blink No support 26.0 (26.0)[2] No support No support ?
Feature Android Chrome for Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic Support No support No support[3] 6.0 (6.0) -moz[1]
36.0 (36.0)
No support No support 8 -webkit
blink No support No support 26.0 (26.0)[2] No support No support ?

[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.

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