Text Decoration

Exercise

  1. In the "index.html" file, replace the code with the following:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>CSS</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css">
</head>

<body>
  <h1>Text Decoration</h1>
  <div>
    <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Default Decoration Link</a>
  </div>
  <div>
    <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank" class="underline">Underline Decoration Link</a>
  </div>
  <div>
    <a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank" class="no-underline">No Underline Link</a>
  </div>
  <p>Default paragraph</p>
  <p class="underline">Underline paragraph</p>
  <p class="cross-out">Crossed out paragraph</p>
</body>

</html>
  1. Save.
  2. If "Live Server" is not already running, right-click anywhere in the editor and select "Open with Live Server" from the context menu.
  3. In the "styles.css" file, replace the code with the following:
.underline {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.no-underline {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.cross-out {
  text-decoration: line-through;
}
  1. Save.
  2. In the browser, you should see the following:

    3. Exercise 2 Result

Code Walkthrough and Explanation


text-decoration

In CSS, text-decoration is a property that allows you to add visual effects to text. It can be used to add underlines, overlines, line-throughs, and more to text. The most common use of text-decoration is to underline links, which is the default behavior of most web browsers.


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