text-emphasis-position
Quick Summary for text-emphasis-position
text-emphasis-position CSS property sets where emphasis marks are drawn. Like ruby text, if there isn't enough room for emphasis marks, the line height is increased.
Code Usage for text-emphasis-position
/* Initial value */ text-emphasis-position: over right; /* Keywords value */ text-emphasis-position: over left; text-emphasis-position: under right; text-emphasis-position: under left; text-emphasis-position: left over; text-emphasis-position: right under; text-emphasis-position: left under; /* Global values */ text-emphasis-position: inherit; text-emphasis-position: initial; text-emphasis-position: revert; text-emphasis-position: unset; More Details for text-emphasis-position
text-emphasis-position
The text-emphasis-position CSS property sets where emphasis marks are drawn. Like ruby text, if there isn't enough room for emphasis marks, the line height is increased.
/* Initial value */ text-emphasis-position: over right; /* Keywords value */ text-emphasis-position: over left; text-emphasis-position: under right; text-emphasis-position: under left; text-emphasis-position: left over; text-emphasis-position: right under; text-emphasis-position: left under; /* Global values */ text-emphasis-position: inherit; text-emphasis-position: initial; text-emphasis-position: revert; text-emphasis-position: unset; Syntax
Values
over Draws marks over the text in horizontal writing mode.
under Draws marks under the text in horizontal writing mode.
right Draws marks to the right of the text in vertical writing mode.
left Draws marks to the left of the text in vertical writing mode.
Description
The preferred position of emphasis marks depends on the language. In Japanese for example, the preferred position is over right. In Chinese, on the other hand, the preferred position is under right. The informative table below summarizes the preferred emphasis mark positions for Chinese, Mongolian and Japanese:
| Language | Preferred position | Illustration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizontal | Vertical | |||
| Japanese | over | right | ||
| Korean | ||||
| Mongolian | ||||
| Chinese | under | right | ||
Note: The text-emphasis-position cannot be set, and therefore are not reset either, using the text-emphasis shorthand property.
Formal definition
| Initial value | over right |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements |
| Inherited | no |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
[ over | under ] && [ right | left ]
Examples
Preferring ruby over emphasis marks
Some editors prefer to hide emphasis marks when they conflict with ruby. In HTML, this can be done with the following style rule:
ruby { -webkit-text-emphasis: none; text-emphasis: none; } Preferring emphasis marks over ruby
Some other editors prefer to hide ruby when they conflict with emphasis marks. In HTML, this can be done with the following pattern:
em { -webkit-text-emphasis: dot; text-emphasis: dot; /* Set text-emphasis for <em> elements */ } em rt { display: none; /* Hide ruby inside <em> elements */ } Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Text Decoration Module Level 3 # text-emphasis-position-property |
See also
The longhand propertiestext-emphasis-style, text-emphasis-color, and the corresponding shorthand property text-emphasis. Last modified: Jan 31, 2022, by MDN contributors
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