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Set the Text Decoration

By Stephen Bucaro

The CSS text-decoration property allows you to set several aspects of text including underlining text, lining through text, and overlining text. In addition, by setting text-decoration to none, you can remove default text decoration, i.e. you can display links without an underline.

To set text to be underlined, set the text-decoration property to underline. An example is shown below.

<p style="text-decoration:underline;">Text Decoration is Underline.</p>

Text Decoration is Underline.

To set text to be lined through, set the text-decoration property to line-through. An example is shown below.

<p style="text-decoration:line-through;">Text Decoration is Line Through.</p>

Text Decoration is Line Through.

To set text to be overlined, set the text-decoration property to overline. An example is shown below.

<p style="text-decoration:overline;">Text Decoration is OverLine</p>

Text Decoration is OverLine

To set link text to be displayed without an underline, set the text-decoration property to none. An example is shown below.

<a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://bucarotechelp.com">Click Here</a>

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To set the text decoration for some text within a paragraph, place the text to be decorated within a <span> element, and set the text-decoration property of the span to the desired value. An example is shown below.

<p>To set text decoration for some text 
<span style="text-decoration:underline;">within a paragraph</span>
and set the text-decoration property of the span to the desired value.</p>

To set text decoration for some text within a paragraph and set the text-decoration property of the span to the desired value.

The above example applies the text decoration value underline to some words within the sentence. This is not a good idea, as the underlined text might be mistaken for a link.

More CSS Quick Reference:
• Set the Border Properties
• Pseudo-class Selectors
• Set a Background Image
• Set the Line Spacing
• Set the Border Style
• Indent the First Line of Text
• Set an Element's Padding
• Set the Border Width
• Use an External Style Sheet
• Set the Text Case