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Tailwind CSS tutorial #27: Text Underline Offset

In the article, we will go into detail on how to use Text Underline Offset.

Text Decoration

Format

underline-offset-{width}

Tailwind Class CSS Property
underline-offset-auto text-underline-offset: auto;
underline-offset-0 text-underline-offset: 0px;
underline-offset-1 text-underline-offset: 1px;
underline-offset-2 text-underline-offset: 2px;
underline-offset-4 text-underline-offset: 4px;
underline-offset-8 text-underline-offset: 8px;

Setting the underline offset

Use the underline-offset-{width} utilities to change the offset of a text underline.

Code

 <ul class="container mx-auto divide-y divide-gray-400 divide-dotted" style="font-family: Raleway">
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class="underline underline-offset-1">
    <li>Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped-turned upside down</li>
    </ul>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">underline-offset-1   </div>
  </li>
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class="underline  underline-offset-2    ">
    <li>Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped-turned upside down</li>
    </ul>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">underline-offset-2   </div>
  </li>
    <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class=" underline underline-offset-4        ">
    <li>Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped-turned upside down</li>
    </ul>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">underline-offset-4   </div>
  </li>
    <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class=" underline underline-offset-8        ">
    <li>Now this is a story all about how, my life got flipped-turned upside down</li>
    </ul>
    <div class="text-xs font-semibold font-mono whitespace-nowrap px-2 py-1 ml-5 rounded text-white bg-pink-500 rounded-2">underline-offset-8   </div>
  </li>
</ul> 
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Overall Output

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Resources:
tailwind.css

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