CSS text-decoration-line Property

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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.

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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.

Numbers followed by -moz- or -webkit- specify the first version that worked with a prefix.

Property
text-decoration-line	57.0	79.0	36.0 6.0 -moz-	12.1 7.1 -webkit-	44.0

CSS Syntax

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

CSS tutorial: CSS Text Decoration

HTML DOM reference: textDecorationLine property