w:strike (Single Strikethrough)

Applies a single horizontal strikethrough line through the text of the run.

Parent elements

w:rPr

Description

w:strike draws a single horizontal line through the centre of the run’s text glyphs. It is an on/off toggle property defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.3.2.37.

Strikethrough is commonly used to indicate deleted or superseded content in a non-tracked-changes context. For revision tracking, use w:del instead. The double-line variant is w:dStrike.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Possible Values	Description
`w:val`	`ST_OnOff`	`true`, `1`, `on` (enabled) / `false`, `0`, `off` (disabled). Omitting the attribute is equivalent to `true`.	Toggles single strikethrough on or off.

Examples

<w:r>
  <w:rPr>
    <w:strike/>
  </w:rPr>
  <w:t>Strikethrough text</w:t>
</w:r>

new Run(
  new RunProperties(new Strike()),
  new Text("Strikethrough text"));

<!-- Cancel inherited strikethrough -->
<w:rPr>
  <w:strike w:val="false"/>
</w:rPr>

new RunProperties(new Strike { Val = false });

Notes

Toggle property: w:val="false" cancels strikethrough from parent style.
For tracked deletion, use w:del instead.
Can coexist with w:dStrike (both lines render).
Text content unchanged; strikethrough is visual only.
Spell-checkers use original text, not rendered version.