Specify a Style for the Decoration Line
The CSS text-decoration-style property sets the style of the decoration line.
This property can have one of the following values:
- solid - Default value. Single line
- double - Double line
- dotted - Dotted line
- dashed - Dashed line
- wavy - Wavy line
Example
Formatted code
h1 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: solid;
}
h2 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: double;
}
h3 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: dotted;
}
p.ex1 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: dashed;
}
p.ex2 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-style: wavy;
}
p.ex3 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-color: red;
text-decoration-style: wavy;
}Live preview
Specify the Thickness for the Decoration Line
The CSS text-decoration-thickness property is used to set the thickness of the decoration line.
Example
Formatted code
h1 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-thickness: auto;
}
h2 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-thickness: 5px;
}
h3 {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-thickness: 25%;
}
p {
text-decoration-line: underline;
text-decoration-color: red;
text-decoration-style: double;
text-decoration-thickness: 5px;
}Live preview
The Shorthand Property
The CSS text-decoration property is a shorthand property for:
- text-decoration-line (required)
- text-decoration-color (optional)
- text-decoration-style (optional)
- text-decoration-thickness (optional)
Example
Formatted code
h1 {
text-decoration: underline;
}
h2 {
text-decoration: underline red;
}
h3 {
text-decoration: underline
red double;
}
p {
text-decoration: underline red double 5px;
}Live preview
A Small Tip on Links
All links in HTML are underlined by default. Sometimes you see that links are styled with no underline. The text-decoration: none; is used to remove the underline from links, like this:
Example
Formatted code
a {
text-decoration: none;
}Live preview