HTML | DOM Style lineHeight Property
The Style lineHeight property is used for setting or returning the distance between lines in a text. It is a string which represents the distance between lines in the text.
- To return the line-height.
object.style.lineHeight
- To set the line-height.
object.style.lineHeight = "normal|number|length|%|initial| inherit"
Return Values: It returns a string value that represents the distance between lines in the text
Property Values :
- normal : It is used to define the normal height.
- number : It is used to define a number that will be multiplied with the current font size to set the line height.
- length : It is used to define the line height in length units.
- % : It is used to define the line height in % of the current font size.
- initial : It is used to set this property to its default value.
- inherit : It is used to inherit this property from its parent element.
Below program illustrates the Style lineHeight property :
Example: Setting the line height for a <div> element.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > Style lineHeight property in HTML</ title > < style > #samplediv { border: 1px solid green; } h1 { color: green; } h2 { font-family: Impact; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 > < h2 > Style lineHeight property </ h2 > < br > < div id="MyDiv"> GeeksforGeeks offers the following courses : < ul > < li > Fork Python </ li > < li > Fork CPP </ li > < li > Fork Java </ li > < li > Sudo Placement </ li > </ ul > </ div > < br > < p >Double click the button</ p > < button type="button" ondblclick="lineheight()"> Adjust Line Height </ button > < script > function lineheight() { // Set lineHeight. document.getElementById( "MyDiv").style.lineHeight = "2"; } </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer 4 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera 7 and above
- Apple Safari 1 and above
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