
TextBlock.TextDecorations Property
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Gets or sets a TextDecorationCollection that contains the effects to apply to the text of a TextBlock.
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
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Type: System.Windows.TextDecorationCollectionA TextDecorationCollection collection that contains text decorations to apply to this element. The default is null (no text decorations applied).
A TextDecoration object is a visual ornamentation you can add to text. There are four types of text decorations: underline, baseline, strikethrough, and overline. For more information about text decorations, see How to: Create a Text Decoration.
By default, this property is set to null and has no TextDecorationCollection associated with it. Before adding any text effects, create a new TextDecorationCollection and assign it to this property.
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The following example shows how to set the TextDecorations attribute.
<TextBlock TextDecorations="Strikethrough"> This text will render with the strikethrough effect. </TextBlock>
The following figure shows how this example renders.

The following figures show how the OverLine, Baseline, and Underline decorations render, respectively.



The following example shows how to set the TextDecorations property programmatically.
Available since 3.0
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0