CSS text-decoration Property

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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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"

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

Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".

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

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

CSS tutorial: CSS Text