CSS Properties: How to set the text decoration for heading elements

Last update on February 24 2024 12:26:57 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html><!-- Begins the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Contains metadata and links to external resources -->
<title>How to set the text decoration for heading elements</title><!-- Sets the title of the document -->
<style type="text/css"> /* Starts CSS styling */
h1 { /* Styles all level 1 heading elements */
  text-decoration: overline; /* Sets the text decoration to overline */
  }
h2 { /* Styles all level 2 heading elements */
  text-decoration: underline; /* Sets the text decoration to underline */
  }
h3 { /* Styles all level 3 heading elements */
  text-decoration: line-through; /* Sets the text decoration to line-through */
  }
</style><!-- Ends CSS styling -->
</head><!-- Ends the head section -->
<body><!-- Begins the body of the document -->
<p><strong>w3resource Tutorial</strong></p><!-- Displays a paragraph with bold text "w3resource Tutorial" -->

<h1>Heading 1 - overline</h1><!-- Displays a level 1 heading with text "Heading 1 - overline" -->
<h2>Heading 2 - underline</h2><!-- Displays a level 2 heading with text "Heading 2 - underline" -->
<h3>Heading 3 - line-through</h3><!-- Displays a level 3 heading with text "Heading 3 - line-through" -->

</body><!-- Ends the body section -->
</html><!-- Ends the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML document demonstrates how to set different text decorations for heading elements.
CSS comments are added to explain each section of the code.
h1, h2, and h3 selectors style all level 1, level 2, and level 3 heading elements respectively.
text-decoration: overline;, text-decoration: underline;, and text-decoration: line-through; are used to set the text decoration for each heading element.

Live Demo :

See the Pen text-decoration-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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