Quick Reference
The text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for the:
- text-decoration-color Property
- text-decoration-line Property (required)
- text-decoration-style Property
- text-decoration-thickness Property
a {
text-decoration: red underline solid 1px;
}Default
| Default value | none currentColor solid auto |
| Inherited values | no |
| Can it be animated? | no |
These are the allowed values.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| text-decoration-line | Sets the kind of text decoration to use (underline, overline, line-through) |
| text-decoration-color | Sets the color of the text decoration |
| text-decoration-style | Sets the style of the text decoration (solid, wavy, dotted, dashed, double) |
| text-decoration-thickness | Sets the thickness of the decoration line |
| 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_link').style.textDecoration = "red underline solid 1px";<button onclick='my_function()'>Click Here</button>
<script>
function my_function() {
document.getElementById('my_link').style.textDecoration = "red underline solid 1px";
}
</script>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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