📄 tailwindcss/docs/text-decoration-line

File: text-decoration-line.md | Updated: 11/15/2025

Source: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/text-decoration-line

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  1. Typography
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Typography

text-decoration-line

Utilities for controlling the decoration of text.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | underline | text-decoration-line: underline; | | overline | text-decoration-line: overline; | | line-through | text-decoration-line: line-through; | | no-underline | text-decoration-line: none; |

Examples


Underling text

Use the underline utility to add an underline to the text of an element:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<p class="underline">The quick brown fox...</p>

Adding an overline to text

Use the overline utility to add an overline to the text of an element:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<p class="overline">The quick brown fox...</p>

Adding a line through text

Use the line-through utility to add a line through the text of an element:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<p class="line-through">The quick brown fox...</p>

Removing a line from text

Use the no-underline utility to remove a line from the text of an element:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<p class="no-underline">The quick brown fox...</p>

Applying on hover

Prefix a text-decoration-line utility with a variant like hover:* to only apply the utility in that state:

Hover over the text to see the expected behavior

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

<p>The <a href="..." class="no-underline hover:underline ...">quick brown fox</a> jumps over the lazy dog.</p>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

Responsive design

Prefix a text-decoration-line utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<a class="no-underline md:underline ..." href="...">  <!-- ... --></a>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

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