Quick Reference
The text-transform property controls how text is capitalized or not capitalized.
div {
text-transform: uppercase;
}this text is written all in lowercase, but the CSS shows it as uppercase.
Default
| Default value | none |
| Inherited values | yes |
| Can it be animated? | no |
These are the allowed values.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| none | No capitalization; the text renders as it is (default) |
| capitalize | Transforms the first character of each word to uppercase |
| uppercase | Transforms all characters to uppercase |
| lowercase | Transforms all characters to lowercase |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element |
Using JavaScript
The HTML element can also be styled using JavaScript and the element’s id.
document.getElementById('my_text').style.textTransform = 'uppercase';document.getElementById('my_text').style.textTransform = 'uppercase';CSS Notes:
- The “inherit”, “initial” and “unset” keywords can be used with any CSS property to set its value
- In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property
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