text-decoration-style

The text-decoration-style CSS property defines the style of the lines specified by text-decoration-line. The style applies to all lines: there is no way to define different styles for each of the lines defined by text-decoration-line.

If the specified decoration has a specific semantic meaning, like a line-through line meaning that some text has been deleted, authors are encouraged to denote this meaning using an HTML tag, like <del> or <s>. As browsers can disable styling in some cases, the semantic meaning won't disappear in such a situation.

Initial value	solid
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	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
text-decoration-style: solid;
text-decoration-style: double;
text-decoration-style: dotted;
text-decoration-style: dashed;
text-decoration-style: wavy;

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

Values

solid double dotted dashed wavy

Is one of the following keywords :

Keyword	Description	Comment
solid	Draws a single line
double	Draws a double line
dotted	Draws a dotted line
dashed	Draws a dashed line
wavy	Draws a wavy line
-moz-none	Do not draw a line	Do not use : use text-decoration-line: none instead

inherit

Is a keyword indicating to reuse the value calculated on the parent element.

Formal syntax

solid | double | dotted | dashed | wavy

Examples

.example {    
       -moz-text-decoration-line: underline;
       -moz-text-decoration-style: wavy;
       -moz-text-decoration-color: red;    
    -webkit-text-decoration-line: underline;
    -webkit-text-decoration-style: wavy;
    -webkit-text-decoration-color: red;
}

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

<p class="example">This is how it looks.</p>

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility