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animation
appearance
backface-visibility
background
border
bottom
box
caption-side
clear
clip
color
column
content
counter-increment
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cursor
direction
display
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hanging-punctuation
height
icon
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left
letter-spacing
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margin
max-height
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min-height
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nav
opacity
outline
overflow
overflow-x
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padding
page-break
perspective
perspective-origin
position
punctuation-trim
quotes
resize
right
rotation
rotation-point
table-layout
target
text
text-align
text-decoration
text-indent
text-justify
text-outline
text-overflow
text-shadow
text-transform
text-wrap
top
transform
transition
vertical-align
visibility
width
white-space
word-spacing
word-break
word-wrap
z-index

CSS text-decoration Property

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Example

Set the text decoration for h1, h2, h3, and h4 elements:

h1 {text-decoration:overline}
h2 {text-decoration:line-through}
h3 {text-decoration:underline}
h4 {text-decoration:blink}

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Definition and Usage

The text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text.

Note: The color of the decoration should be set by the "color" property.

Default value: none
Inherited: no
Version: CSS1
JavaScript syntax: object.style.textDecoration="overline"

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The text-decoration property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: The value "inherit" is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 supports "inherit".

Note: The "blink" value is not supported in IE, Chrome, or Safari.

Property Values

Value Description Play it
none Defines a normal text. This is default Play it »
underline Defines a line below the text Play it »
overline Defines a line above the text Play it »
line-through Defines a line through the text Play it »
blink Defines a blinking text Play it »
inherit Specifies that the value of the text-decoration property should be inherited from the parent element

Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Text

HTML DOM reference: textDecoration property

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