Limited Availability Text

text-decoration-skip-spaces

The text-decoration-skip-spaces CSS property sets whether text decoration lines (such as underlines and overlines) skip over whitespace characters. You can use this to prevent decorations from being drawn under spaces, which is sometimes more visually appealing.

Baseline Status: This feature is currently Limited (not yet Baseline). Latest engine implementation shipped on Oct 6, 2026.

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

155

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

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Unsupported

Apple Safari

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Unsupported

Microsoft Edge

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Unsupported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

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Firefox Android

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Safari iOS

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Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

css.properties.text-decoration-skip-spaces ↗ css.properties.text-decoration-skip-spaces.all ↗ css.properties.text-decoration-skip-spaces.end ↗ css.properties.text-decoration-skip-spaces.none ↗ css.properties.text-decoration-skip-spaces.start ↗