text-decoration-style

The text-decoration-style CSS property sets the style of the lines specified by text-decoration-line. The style applies to all lines that are set with text-decoration-line.

If the specified decoration has a specific semantic meaning, like a line-through line meaning that some text has been deleted, authors are encouraged to denote this meaning using an HTML tag, like <del> or <s>. As browsers can disable styling in some cases, the semantic meaning won't disappear in such a situation.

When setting multiple line-decoration properties at once, it may be more convenient to use the text-decoration shorthand property instead.

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
text-decoration-style: solid;
text-decoration-style: double;
text-decoration-style: dotted;
text-decoration-style: dashed;
text-decoration-style: wavy;

/* Global values */
text-decoration-style: inherit;
text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-style: revert;
text-decoration-style: revert-layer;
text-decoration-style: unset;

Values

solid: Draws a single line.
double: Draws a double line.
dotted: Draws a dotted line.
dashed: Draws a dashed line.
wavy: Draws a wavy line.
-moz-none Non-standard: Draws no line. Use text-decoration-line: none instead.

Formal definition

Initial value	solid
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	specified keyword
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

solid | double | dotted | dashed | wavy

Examples

Setting a wavy underline

The following creates a red wavy underline:

CSS

.wavy {
  text-decoration-line: underline;
  text-decoration-style: wavy;
  text-decoration-color: red;
}

HTML

<p class="wavy">This text has a wavy red line beneath it.</p>

css properties text-decoration-style