CSS text-decoration-style Property
Example
Set different types of text-decoration styles:
div.a
{
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: solid;
}
div.b
{
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: wavy;
}
div.c
{
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: double;
}
div.d
{
text-decoration-line: overline underline;
text-decoration-style: wavy;
}
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Definition and Usage
The text-decoration-style property sets the style of the text decoration
(like solid, wavy, dotted, dashed, double).
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.
| Default value: | solid |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.textDecorationStyle="wavy" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Numbers followed by -moz- specify the first version that worked with a prefix.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| text-decoration-style | 57.0 | 79.0 | 36.0 6.0 -moz- |
12.1 | 44.0 |
CSS Syntax
text-decoration-style: solid|double|dotted|dashed|wavy|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| solid | Default value. The line will display as a single line | Demo ❯ |
| double | The line will display as a double line | Demo ❯ |
| dotted | The line will display as a dotted line | Demo ❯ |
| dashed | The line will display as a dashed line | Demo ❯ |
| wavy | The line will display as a wavy line | Demo ❯ |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Text Decoration
HTML DOM reference: textDecorationStyle property
