Web/CSS/text-decoration-skip-ink

The text-decoration-skip-ink CSS property specifies how overlines and underlines are drawn when they pass over glyph ascenders and descenders.

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text-decoration-skip-ink is not part of the text-decoration shorthand.

Syntax

/* Single keyword */
text-decoration-skip-ink: none;
text-decoration-skip-ink: auto;
text-decoration-skip-ink: all;

/* Global keywords */
text-decoration-skip: inherit;
text-decoration-skip: initial;
text-decoration-skip: unset;

Values

none: Underlines and overlines are drawn across the full length of the text content, including parts that cross over glyph descenders and ascenders.
auto: The default — the browser may interrupt underlines and overlines so that they do not touch or closely approach a glyph. That is, they are interrupted where they would otherwise cross over a glyph.
all: The browser must interrupt underlines and overlines so that they do not touch or closely approach a glyph. This can be helpful with certain Chinese, Japanese, or Korean (CJK) fonts, where the auto behavior might not create interruptions.; [[File:../../../../../media.prod.mdn.mozit.cloud/attachments/2016/07/02/13464/a51a955d2de6233ecb45f824f88cf809/decoration-skip-ink.png|An example of "text-decoration-skip-ink".]]

Formal definition

Initial value	`auto`
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	yes
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

auto | all | none

Examples

HTML

<p>You should go on a quest for a cup of coffee.</p>
<p class="no-skip-ink">Or maybe you'd prefer some tea?</p>
<p>この文は、 text-decoration-skip-ink: auto の使用例を示しています。</p>
<p class="skip-ink-all">この文は、 text-decoration-skip-ink: all の使用例を示しています。</p>

CSS

p {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-decoration: underline blue;
  text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; /* this is the default anyway */
}

.no-skip-ink {
  text-decoration-skip-ink: none;
}

.skip-ink-all{
  text-decoration-skip-ink: all;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Text Decoration Module Level 4The definition of 'text-decoration-skip-ink' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`text-decoration-skip-ink`	Chrome Full support 64	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 70	IE No support No	Opera Full support 50	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 64	Chrome Android Full support 64	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 46	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0
`all`	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 75	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support