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The text-decoration-skip CSS property sets what parts of an element's content any text decoration affecting the element must skip over. It controls all text decoration lines drawn by the element and also any text decoration lines drawn by its ancestors.
Note: Most other browsers are converging on supporting the simpler text-decoration-skip-ink property.
css
/* Keyword values */
text-decoration-skip: none;
text-decoration-skip: objects;
text-decoration-skip: spaces;
text-decoration-skip: edges;
text-decoration-skip: box-decoration;
/* Multiple keywords */
text-decoration-skip: objects spaces;
text-decoration-skip: leading-spaces trailing-spaces;
text-decoration-skip: objects edges box-decoration;
/* Global values */
text-decoration-skip: inherit;
text-decoration-skip: initial;
text-decoration-skip: revert;
text-decoration-skip: revert-layer;
text-decoration-skip: unset;
none
Nothing is skipped. Thus, text decoration is drawn for all text content and across atomic inline-level boxes.
objects
The entire margin box of the element is skipped if it is an atomic inline such as an image or inline-block.
spaces
All spacing is skipped: all Unicode white space characters and all word separators, plus any adjacent letter-spacing or word-spacing.
leading-spaces
The same as spaces, except that only leading spaces are skipped.
trailing-spaces
The same as spaces, except that only trailing spaces are skipped.
edges
The start and end of the text decoration is inset slightly (e.g., by half of the line thickness) from the content edge of the decorating box. Thus, adjacent elements receive separate underlines. (This is important in Chinese, where underlining is a form of punctuation.)
box-decoration
The text decoration is skipped over the box's margin, border, and padding areas. This only has an effect on decorations imposed by an ancestor; a decorating box never draws over its own box decoration.
| Initial value | objects |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements |
| Inherited | yes |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | discrete |
text-decoration-skip =
none |
auto
html
<p>Hey, grab a cup of <em>coffee!</em></p>
css
p {
margin: 0;
font-size: 3em;
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration-skip: edges;
}
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
text-decoration-skip |
57–64Only supports the deprecatedink value.
|
No | No | No |
44–50Only supports the deprecatedink value.
|
12.1Supports onlynone, auto, and objects values.
7Supports onlynone, auto, and objects values.
|
57–64Only supports the deprecatedink value.
|
57–64Only supports the deprecatedink value.
|
No |
43–46Only supports the deprecatedink value.
|
12.2Supports onlynone, auto, and objects values.
7Supports onlynone, auto, and objects values.
|
7.0–9.0Only supports the deprecatedink value.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/text-decoration-skip