text-decoration
Definition
The text-decoration property specifies the decorative effects that can be applied to text.
Most Web browsers have a built-in CSS rule that underlines hyperlinks as shown in the screen shot below.
The text-decoration property can be used to remove the underline effect as shown in the next screen shot.
Example
a {text-decoration: none}- em {text-decoration: underline overline}
Characteristics
Possible values
none- No text decoration.
underline- Line underneath text.
overline- Line over text.
line-through- Line through the middle of text.
blink- Blinking text.
inherit- Use the same computed value as the parent element for this property.
underline, overline, line-through and blink can be used in combination, separated by a space as shown in the example above.
Default value
none
Applies to
All elements
Inherited
No
See also