Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
Summary
The -webkit-text-stroke-color CSS property specifies the stroke color of characters of text. If this property is not set, the value of the color property is used.
| Initial value | rgb(0, 0, 0) |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements |
| Inherited | yes |
| Media | visual |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animatable | yes, as a color |
| Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
Syntax
/* <color> values */ -webkit-text-stroke-color: red; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #e08ab4; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(200, 100, 0); /* Global values */ -webkit-text-stroke-color: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-color: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: unset;
Values
<color>- The color of the stroke.
Formal syntax
<color>where
<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>where
<rgb()> = rgb( <rgb-component>#{3} )
<rgba()> = rgba( <rgb-component>#{3} , <alpha-value> )
<hsl()> = hsl( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage> )
<hsla()> = hsla( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value> )
<named-color> = <ident>
<deprecated-system-color> = ActiveBorder | ActiveCaption | AppWorkspace | Background | ButtonFace | ButtonHighlight | ButtonShadow | ButtonText | CaptionText | GrayText | Highlight | HighlightText | InactiveBorder | InactiveCaption | InactiveCaptionText | InfoBackground | InfoText | Menu | MenuText | Scrollbar | ThreeDDarkShadow | ThreeDFace | ThreeDHighlight | ThreeDLightShadow | ThreeDShadow | Window | WindowFrame | WindowTextwhere
<rgb-component> = <integer> | <percentage>
<alpha-value> = <number>
<hue> = <number>
Example
HTML Content
<p>Text with stroke</p> <input type="color" value="#ff0000">
CSS Content
p {
margin: 0;
font-size: 4em;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 3px;
-webkit-text-stroke-color: #ff0000; /* Can be changed in the live sample */
}
JavaScript Content
var colorPicker = document.querySelector("input");
colorPicker.addEventListener("change", function(evt) {
document.querySelector("p").style.webkitTextStrokeColor = evt.target.value;
});
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Compatibility Standard The definition of '-webkit-text-stroke-color' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial standardization |
| Safari CSS Reference '-webkit-text-stroke-color' in that document. |
Non-standard unofficial documentation | Initial documentation |
Not part of any specification.
Apple has a description of -webkit-text-stroke-color in the Safari CSS reference.
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | 48.0 (48.0)[1] | No support | (Yes) | (Yes) |
| Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | 48.0 (48.0)[1] | No support | ? | ? |
[1] This feature is implemented behind the preference layout.css.prefixes.webkit, defaulting to false. Since Gecko 49 (Firefox 49.0 / Thunderbird 49.0 / SeaMonkey 2.46) the preference defaults to true.