CSS Property: line-height
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The CSS (CSS1) line-height property identifies the height
of lines of text.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
|
Value
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Description
|
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length
|
Line height is a fixed
height defined by this CSS
length
|
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number
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Line height set as a
multiple of the current font size
|
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%
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Line height set as a
percentage of the current font size
|
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normal
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(default value). Line
height is normal (given the relevant font size)
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Default Value:
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normal
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.lineHeight="15px"
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Inherited:
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Yes
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {width: 50px; border: 1px dotted black;}
.x1 {line-height: 25px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Element with default property<br>
<div>abcd efgh</div><br>
Property set using in-file HTML style<br>
<div class="x1">abcd efgh</div><br>
Property set using JavaScript<br>
<div id="x2">abcd efgh</div>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.lineHeight = "25px";
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyLineHeight() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.lineHeight = "25px"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).lineHeight == "25px");
} |
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