Is it possible to underline text without HTML syntax in Quarto?

Question

I was wondering if it is possible to underline text without HTML syntax in Quarto? You can strikethrough the text using ~~ syntax like this:

~~mytext~~

Output:

So I was wondering if it is possible to underline your text with somehow similar syntax like above?

Master @shafee, you are right. Do you know if there is maybe a fancy CSS option instead of HTML? — Quinten, Oct 21 '22 at 17:59
Again, I am really baffled why are you calling me master? : ) — shafee, Oct 21 '22 at 18:08
@shafee, Because you know a lot about Quarto and Rmarkdown, that's why! — Quinten, Oct 21 '22 at 18:11
Honestly, All I do using the search engine `google` and thanks to the quarto Devs, they have documented everything very nicely. Really. — shafee, Oct 21 '22 at 18:14

shafee · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-22T04:32:24.417

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If you want just to use css, you may try the following,

---
format: html
---

## Quarto

[This text is underlined]{style="text-decoration: underline;"}

But the above approach will only work for html output format. If you want to get underlined text for html, pdf or docx output, try the following syntax, (which is handled by the pandoc itself)

---
format: html # pdf or docx
---

## Quarto

[This text is underlined]{.underline}

edited Oct 22 '22 at 04:32

answered Oct 21 '22 at 18:05

shafee

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@Quinten, see the updated answer, which is I think a better approach. – shafee Oct 22 '22 at 12:10

Is it possible to underline text without HTML syntax in Quarto?

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