text-decoration-skip

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.

/* 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: unset;

Syntax

Values

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.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

none | [ objects | [ spaces | [ leading-spaces | trailing-spaces ] ] | edges | box-decoration ]

Examples

Skipping edges

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;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• text-decoration-skip-ink