The text-emphasis-position
CSS property sets where emphasis marks are drawn. Like ruby text, if there isn't enough room for emphasis marks, the line height is increased.
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text-emphasis-position
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Syntax
css
/* Initial value */
text-emphasis-position: over right;
/* Keywords value */
text-emphasis-position: over left;
text-emphasis-position: under right;
text-emphasis-position: under left;
text-emphasis-position: left over;
text-emphasis-position: right under;
text-emphasis-position: left under;
/* Global values */
text-emphasis-position: inherit;
text-emphasis-position: initial;
text-emphasis-position: revert;
text-emphasis-position: revert-layer;
text-emphasis-position: unset;
Values
Description
The preferred position of emphasis marks depends on the language. In Japanese for example, the preferred position is over right
. In Chinese, on the other hand, the preferred position is under right
. The informative table below summarizes the preferred emphasis mark positions for Chinese, Mongolian and Japanese:
Language | Preferred position | Illustration | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Horizontal | Vertical | |||
Japanese | over | right | ||
Korean | ||||
Mongolian | ||||
Chinese | under | right |
Note: The text-emphasis-position
cannot be set, and therefore are not reset either, using the text-emphasis
shorthand property.
Formal definition
Initial value | over right |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | yes |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
Examples
Preferring ruby over emphasis marks
Some editors prefer to hide emphasis marks when they conflict with ruby. In HTML, this can be done with the following style rule:
css
ruby {
text-emphasis: none;
}
Preferring emphasis marks over ruby
Some other editors prefer to hide ruby when they conflict with emphasis marks. In HTML, this can be done with the following pattern:
css
em {
text-emphasis: dot; /* Set text-emphasis for <em> elements */
}
em rt {
display: none; /* Hide ruby inside <em> elements */
}
Specifications
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
text-emphasis-position |
9925 | 9979 | 46 | No | 8515 | 77 | 994.4 | 9925 | 46 | 6814 | 77 | 18.01.5 |
left_and_right |
62 | 79 | 46 | No | 49 | 8 | 62 | 62 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 8.0 |
over |
99 | 99 | 108 | No | 85 | ≤13.1 | 99 | 99 | 108 | 68 | ≤13.4 | 18.0 |
under |
99 | 99 | 108 | No | 85 | ≤13.1 | 99 | 99 | 108 | 68 | ≤13.4 | 18.0 |
See also
- The longhand properties
text-emphasis-style
,text-emphasis-color
, and the corresponding shorthand propertytext-emphasis
.
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