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Tailwind CSS tutorial #31: Text Decoration Style

In the article, we will go into detail on how to use Text Decoration Style.

Text Decoration Style

Format

decoration-{style}

Tailwind Class CSS Property
decoration-solid text-decoration-style: solid;
decoration-double text-decoration-style: double;
decoration-dotted text-decoration-style: dotted;
decoration-dashed text-decoration-style: dashed;
decoration-wavy text-decoration-style: wavy;

Basic usage

Setting the text decoration style

Use the decoration-{style} utilities to change the style of an element’s text decoration.

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 decoration-solid">
    <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">decoration-solid </div>
  </li>
  <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class="underline decoration-double ">
    <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">decoration-double    </div>
  </li>
    <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class=" underline decoration-dotted ">
    <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">decoration-dotted        </div>
  </li>
    </li>
    <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class=" underline decoration-dashed ">
    <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">decoration-dashed    </div>
  </li>
   </li>
    <li class="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-2">
    <ul class=" underline decoration-wavy">
    <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">decoration-wavy</div>
  </li>

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Full code:
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Overall Output

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Resources:
tailwind.css

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