CSS - text-decoration Property

October 1, 2024

Categories: CSS Properties, CSS Reference, Reference

Quick Reference

The text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for the:

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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