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.
html
<!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>
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<h2> Style lineHeight property </h2>
<br>
<div id="MyDiv">
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</div>
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<button type="button" ondblclick="lineheight()">
Adjust Line Height
</button>
<script>
function lineheight() {
// Set lineHeight.
document.getElementById(
"MyDiv").style.lineHeight =
"2";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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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