CSS strikethrough different color from text?
The HTML elements del, strike, or s may all be used for a text strike-through effect. Examples:
<del>del</del>
....gives: del
<strike>strike</strike> and <s>strike</s>
....gives: strike and strike
The CSS text-decoration property with a value line-through may be used similarly. The code...
<span style='text-decoration:line-through'>
text-decoration:line-through
</span>
...will also render to look like: text-decoration:line-through
However, the strikethrough line is typically the same color as the text.
Can CSS be used to make the line a different color?
Answer
Yes, by adding an extra wrapping element. Assign the desired line-through color to an outer element, then the desired text color to the inner element. For example:
<span style='color:red;text-decoration:line-through'>
<span style='color:black'>black with red strikethrough</span>
</span>...or...
<strike style='color:red'>
<span style='color:black'>black with red strikethrough<span>
</strike>(Note, however, that <strike> is considered deprecated in HTML4 and obsolete in HTML5 (see also W3.org). The recommended approach is to use <del> if a true meaning of deletion is intended, or otherwise to use an <s> element or style with text-decoration CSS as in the first example here.)
To make the strikethrough appear for a:hover, an explicit stylesheet (declared or referenced in <HEAD>) must be used. (The :hover pseudo-class can't be applied with inline STYLE attributes.) For example:
<head>
<style>
a.redStrikeHover:hover {
color:red;
text-decoration:line-through;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href='#' class='redStrikeHover'>
<span style='color:black'>hover me</span>
</a>
</body>href be set on the <a> before :hover has an effect; FF and WebKit-based browsers do not.)