HTML DOM Style textDecorationLine Property


The HTML DOM style textDecorationLine property returns and modify the type of line that decorate the text of an element in an HTML document.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

  • Returning textDecorationLine

object.style.textDecorationLine
  • Modifying textDecorationLine

object.style.textDecorationLine = “value”

Values

Here, value can be −

ValueExplanation
inheritIt inherits this property value from its parent element.
initialIt set this property value to its default value.
noneIt simply represent normal text that means text without any line.
underlineIt sets a line under the text.
overlineIt sets a line over the text.
line-throughIt sets a line through the text.

Example

Let us see an example of style textDecorationLine property −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      background: lightblue;
      height: 100vh;
   }
   p {
      margin: 1.5rem auto;
      text-decoration-line: line-through;
   }
   .btn {
      background: #db133a;
      border: none;
      height: 2rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      width: 40%;
      display: block;
      color: #fff;
      outline: none;
      cursor: pointer;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>DOM Style textDecorationLine Property Example</h1>
<p>This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text.</p>
<button onclick="add()" class="btn">Change textDecorationLine</button>
<script>
   function add() {
      document.querySelector('p').style.textDecorationLine = "underline";
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Click on “Change textDecorationLine” button to change the type of the line use for decorating paragraph text.

Updated on: 01-Jul-2020

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