text-decoration Attribute | textDecoration Property

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text-decoration Attribute | textDecoration Property

Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object has blink, line-through, overline, or underline decorations.

Syntax

HTML { text-decoration: sDecoration }

Scripting object.style.textDecoration [ = sDecoration ]

HTML	{ text-decoration: sDecoration }
Scripting	object.style.textDecoration [ = sDecoration ]

Possible Values

sDecoration String that specifies one or more of the following values:

none Text has no decoration.

underline Text is underlined.

overline Text has a line over it.

line-through Text has a line drawn through it.

blink Not implemented.

The property is read/write with a default value of none (see the Remarks section); the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see dynamic properties.

Remarks

The default value is different for the following tags:

Default value is underline for A when used with href, U, and INS.
Default value is line-through for STRIKE, S, and DEL.

If the value none is placed at the end of the values, all values are cleared. For example, setting {text-decoration: underline overline blink none} causes none of the decorations to render.

If the object has no text (for example, the IMG object in HTML) or is an empty object (for example, "<EM> </EM>"), this property has no effect.
If you set the text-decoration attribute to none on the BODY object, the A objects are still underlined. To remove the underline from the A objects, either set the style inline or use A as a selector in the global style sheet.

Specifying the textDecoration property for block elements affects all inline children. If it is specified for, or affects, an inline element, it affects all boxes generated by the element.

The overline and blink possible values are available as of Internet Explorer 4.0. Although blink is exposed, it is not rendered.

Example

The following examples use the text-decoration attribute and the textDecoration property to decorate text within the object.

This example uses an inline style sheet to draw a line through the text within the object.

Sample Code
<DIV STYLE="text-decoration:line-through">
:
</DIV>
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This example uses inline scripting to underline the text within the SPAN object when the user moves the mouse over the SPAN.
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:14"
onmouseover=this.style.textDecoration="underline"
:
</SPAN>
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Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, currentStyle, custom, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HTML, I, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP