Sorry for the delay in replying. I am currently working on this. Updating the default value to "start end" caused many existing tests to fail, and I'm in the process of fixing them.
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/8316575/1?tab=checks 在2026年8月26日星期三 UTC+8 23:08:29<Chris Harrelson> 写道: > Hi, please let us (API owners) know once the implementation has been > updated and we'll LGTM, thanks! > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM Chris Harrelson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> TL;DR please update to match the existing spec and file standards >> positions requests with the other implementations. >> >> I researched the feature and think it should ship with the default of >> "start end" as specified in the spec. Current tests are here >> <https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-text-decor?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=text-decoration-skip-spaces-001.html%20or%20text-decoration-skip-spaces-002.html%20or%20text-decoration-skip-spaces-003.html%20or%20text-decoration-skip-spaces-004.html%20or%20text-decoration-skip-spaces-005.html> >> . >> >> The compat risk is only for the beginning and end of lines. I think it's >> unlikely developers will dislike no longer underlining extra space at >> the beginning or end of some text. I also think this situation is uncommon >> in existing sites; developers have to go out of their way to cause extra >> spaces to appear next to a run of text. (Also note: the default does *not* >> skip spaces in the middle of text.) >> >> I did notice that there don't seem to be any tests for the default (i.e. >> a test that doesn't set text-decoration-skip-spaces at all in the CSS), >> please add that. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 8:22 AM 'Dan Clark' via blink-dev < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> (Re-sending since the theading got messed up, sorry for any double-send). >>> >>> A concrete first step would be to file engine standards positions per >>> the instructions in >>> https://www.chromium.org/blink/launching-features/wide-review/#standards-positions >>> to >>> concretely ask Gecko and WebKit whether they plan to support this. In those >>> threads you could ask that if they do plan to support this, whether they’d >>> ship with ‘start end’ per the spec, or ‘end’ which is closer to their >>> current behavior per https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/4653, >>> or something else. >>> >>> If no one else has plans to ship this then I’m less concerned about >>> diverging from what the spec has, so ‘none’ would be fine. We should then >>> push to have the spec reflect reality rather than the other way round. >>> >>> On Monday, August 17, 2026 at 8:45:39 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Dan. >>>> >>>> My plan is to ship with 'none' as the default, because I think such >>>> compatibility is less risky, but it will lead to inconsistency with the >>>> specification. >>>> >>>> It seems that Firefox and Safari do not support it so far. Maybe I >>>> missed something. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure how to continue. Could you give me some advice? Thanks. >>>> >>>> 在2026年8月13日星期四 UTC+8 00:19:19<[email protected]> 写道: >>>> >>>> We talked about this during the API Owners call today and something >>>> that came up was this Issue 6 in the spec: >>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-decor-4/#issue-4229bfce >>>> Is your plan to ship with 'none' as the default, or try 'end' to more >>>> closely align with the Firefox and Safari behavior noted in >>>> https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/4653? >>>> API Owners may be open to taking on some compatibility risk here if we >>>> think it'd mean shipping a better behavior, as long as we go into it with >>>> both eyes open and are ready to activate the kill-switch if there are >>>> issues. >>>> >>>> And can you request signals on this from Gecko and Webkit? Are there >>>> developer signals we can point at to see that people need this feature? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 6:02:56 AM UTC-7 Chromestatus wrote: >>>> >>>> *Contact emails* >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> *Specification* >>>> >>>> https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-decor-4/#text-decoration-skip-spaces-property >>>> >>>> >>>> *Summary* >>>> The text-decoration-skip-spaces CSS property controls whether text >>>> decoration lines (underlines, overlines, line-throughs, etc.) skip over >>>> whitespace characters. This allows authors to prevent decorations from >>>> being drawn under spaces, which is often more visually appealing. >>>> >>>> *Blink component* >>>> Blink>CSS >>>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3ECSS%22> >>>> >>>> *Web Feature ID* >>>> text-decoration <https://webstatus.dev/features/text-decoration> >>>> >>>> *Motivation* >>>> Currently there is no web standard way to control whether text >>>> decorations (underlines, overlines, line-throughs) appear over whitespace >>>> characters. Authors commonly want to suppress the underline under >>>> leading/trailing spaces in inline elements, but CSS provides no mechanism >>>> for this. The `text-decoration-skip-spaces` property fills this gap, >>>> allowing precise control over decoration rendering around whitespace. This >>>> is useful for navigation menus, links, and any text where the decoration >>>> should visually attach only to non-space characters. >>>> >>>> *Initial public proposal* >>>> *No information provided* >>>> >>>> *TAG review* >>>> *No information provided* >>>> >>>> *TAG review status* >>>> Not applicable >>>> >>>> *Goals for experimentation* >>>> None >>>> >>>> *Risks* >>>> >>>> >>>> *Interoperability and Compatibility* >>>> Minimal risks; this feature is purely additive. >>>> >>>> *Gecko*: No signal >>>> >>>> *WebKit*: No signal >>>> >>>> *Web developers*: No signals >>>> >>>> *Other signals*: >>>> >>>> *WebView application risks* >>>> >>>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such >>>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >>>> *No information provided* >>>> >>>> >>>> *Debuggability* >>>> *No information provided* >>>> >>>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, >>>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?* >>>> Yes >>>> >>>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?* >>>> Yes >>>> >>>> https://wpt.fyi/results/css/css-text-decor?sha=249e1eb8e6&label=master&max-count=1&view=subtest&q=css%2Fcss-text-decor%2Ftext-decoration-skip-spaces >>>> >>>> *Flag name on about://flags* >>>> enable-experimental-web-platform-features >>>> >>>> *Finch feature name* >>>> CSSTextDecorationSkipSpaces >>>> >>>> *Rollout plan* >>>> Will ship enabled for all users >>>> >>>> *Requires code in //chrome?* >>>> False >>>> >>>> *Tracking bug* >>>> https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40862777 >>>> >>>> *Estimated milestones* >>>> >>>> Shipping on desktop154 DevTrial on desktop150 Shipping on Android154 >>>> DevTrial >>>> on Android150 Shipping on WebView154 >>>> >>>> *Anticipated spec changes* >>>> >>>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >>>> interop issues. 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