Intent to Prototype: CSS4 text-decoration-skip-spaces
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Apr 10, 2026, 9:04:19 AM (13 days ago)
Apr 10
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Specification
https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-decor-4/#text-decoration-skip-spaces-property
Summary
The text-decoration-skip-spaces CSS property controls whether text decoration lines (underlines, overlines, line-throughs, etc.) skip over whitespace characters. This allows authors to prevent decorations from being drawn under spaces, which is often more visually appealing. Blink component
Blink>CSS
Web Feature ID
text-decoration
Motivation
Currently there is no web standard way to control whether text decorations (underlines, overlines, line-throughs) appear over whitespace characters. Authors commonly want to suppress the underline under leading/trailing spaces in inline elements, but CSS provides no mechanism for this. The `text-decoration-skip-spaces` property fills this gap, allowing precise control over decoration rendering around whitespace. This is useful for navigation menus, links, and any text where the decoration should visually attach only to non-space characters. Initial public proposal
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Goals for experimentation
None Requires code in //chrome?
False Tracking bug
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40862777
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Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/4832783806627840?gate=4671156134215680
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