diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.ts
index 3304b372e..737181045 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.ts
@@ -1,60 +1,26 @@
-import view = require("ui/core/view");
-import label = require("ui/label");
-import button = require("ui/button");
-import textField = require("ui/text-field");
-import textView = require("ui/text-view");
+import { EventData, TextBase, TextDecoration } from "ui/text-base";
+import { Page } from "ui/page";
 
-export function changeTextButonTap(args) {
-    var btnChange = <button.Button>args.object;
-    var lbl = <label.Label>btnChange.parent.getViewById("Label");
-    var btn = <button.Button>btnChange.parent.getViewById("Button");
-    var textField = <textField.TextField>btnChange.parent.getViewById("TextField");
-    var textView = <textView.TextView>btnChange.parent.getViewById("TextView");
+const possibleValues = [
+    TextDecoration.NONE, 
+    TextDecoration.UNDERLINE, 
+    TextDecoration.LINE_THROUGH, 
+    TextDecoration.UNDERLINE_LINE_THROUGH
+];
+
+export function butonTap(args: EventData) {
+    let page = (<TextBase>args.object).page;
+    let lbl = <TextBase>page.getViewById("Label");
+    let btn = <TextBase>page.getViewById("Button");
+    let textField = <TextBase>page.getViewById("TextField");
+    let textView = <TextBase>page.getViewById("TextView");
     
-    if(lbl.text === "Change text") {
-        lbl.text = btn.text = textField.text = textView.text = "Text changed";
-    } else {
-        lbl.text = btn.text = textField.text = textView.text = "Change text";
-    }
-}
-
-export function butonTap(args) {
-    var btnChange = <view.View>args.object;
-    var lbl = <label.Label>btnChange.parent.getViewById("Label");
-    var btn = <button.Button>btnChange.parent.getViewById("Button");
-    var textField = <textField.TextField>btnChange.parent.getViewById("TextField");
-    var textView = <textView.TextView>btnChange.parent.getViewById("TextView");
-
-    if (lbl.style.textDecoration === "none") {
-        lbl.style.textDecoration = "underline";
-        btn.style.textDecoration = "underline";
-        textField.style.textDecoration = "underline";
-        textView.style.textDecoration = "underline";
-    } else if (lbl.style.textDecoration === "underline") {
-        lbl.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
-        btn.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
-        textField.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
-        textView.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
-    } else if (lbl.style.textDecoration === "line-through") {
-        lbl.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-        btn.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-        textField.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-        textView.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-    } else if (lbl.style.textDecoration === "line-through underline") {
-        lbl.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline none";
-        btn.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline none";
-        textField.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline none";
-        textView.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline none";
-    } else if (lbl.style.textDecoration === "line-through underline none") {
-        lbl.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        btn.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        textField.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        textView.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        
-        if(lbl.text === "Change text") {
-            lbl.text = btn.text = textField.text = textView.text = "Text changed";
-        } else {
-            lbl.text = btn.text = textField.text = textView.text = "Change text";
-        }
-    }
+    let currentIndex = possibleValues.indexOf(lbl.textDecoration);
+    let newIndex = (currentIndex + 1) % possibleValues.length;
+    let newValue = <TextDecoration>possibleValues[newIndex];
+    
+    lbl.textDecoration = newValue;
+    btn.textDecoration = newValue;
+    textField.textDecoration = newValue;
+    textView.textDecoration = newValue;
 }
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml
index 9de343b28..a938cfc8a 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml
@@ -1,36 +1,9 @@
-<Page >
+<Page>
   <StackLayout>
-    <!--<Button id="ChangeText" automationText="Change text" text="Change text" tap="changeTextButonTap" />-->
     <Button id="Change" automationText="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
-    <Label id="Label" automationText="Label" text="Label" style.textDecoration="none" />
-    <Button id="Button" automationText="Button" text="Button" style.textDecoration="none" />
-    <TextField id="TextField" automationText="TextField" text="TextField" style.textDecoration="none" />
-    <TextView id="TextView" automationText="TextView" text="TextView" style.textDecoration="none" />
-
-    <!--
-    <Label text="Label" style="text-decoration:none" />
-    <Label text="Label" style="text-decoration:underline" />
-    <Label text="Label" style="text-decoration:line-through" />
-    <Label text="Label" style="text-decoration:line-through underline" />
-    <Label text="Label" style="text-decoration:line-through underline none" />
-
-    <TextField text="TextField" style="text-decoration:none" />
-    <TextField text="TextField" style="text-decoration:underline" />
-    <TextField text="TextField" style="text-decoration:line-through" />
-    <TextField text="TextField" style="text-decoration:underline line-through" />
-    <TextField text="TextField" style="text-decoration:underline line-through none" />
-
-    <TextView text="TextView" style="text-decoration:none" />
-    <TextView text="TextView" style="text-decoration:underline" />
-    <TextView text="TextView" style="text-decoration:line-through" />
-    <TextView text="TextView" style="text-decoration:line-through underline" />
-    <TextView text="TextView" style="text-decoration:line-through underline none" />
-
-    <Button text="Button" style="text-decoration:none" />
-    <Button text="Button" style="text-decoration:underline" />
-    <Button text="Button" style="text-decoration:line-through" />
-    <Button text="Button" style="text-decoration:underline line-through" />
-    <Button text="Button" style="text-decoration:underline line-through none" />
-    -->
+    <Label id="Label" automationText="Label" text="Label" textDecoration="none" />
+    <Button id="Button" automationText="Button" text="Button" textDecoration="none" />
+    <TextField id="TextField" automationText="TextField" text="TextField" textDecoration="none" />
+    <TextView id="TextView" automationText="TextView" text="TextView" textDecoration="none" />
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.ts
index 37f73d2d8..c648bc3a6 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.ts
@@ -35,30 +35,15 @@ export function butonTap(args) {
         btn.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
         textField.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
         textView.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
-    } else if (lbl.style.textTransform === "uppercase" && lbl.style.textDecoration !== "line-through underline") {
+    } else if (lbl.style.textTransform === "uppercase") {
         lbl.style.textTransform = "lowercase";
         btn.style.textTransform = "lowercase";
         textField.style.textTransform = "lowercase";
         textView.style.textTransform = "lowercase";
     } else if (lbl.style.textTransform === "lowercase") {
-    //    lbl.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
-    //    btn.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
-    //    textField.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
-    //    textView.style.textTransform = "uppercase";
-
-    //    lbl.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-    //    btn.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-    //    textField.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-    //    textView.style.textDecoration = "line-through underline";
-    //} else if (lbl.style.textTransform === "uppercase" && lbl.style.textDecoration === "line-through underline") {
         lbl.style.textTransform = "none";
         btn.style.textTransform = "none";
         textField.style.textTransform = "none";
         textView.style.textTransform = "none";
-
-        //lbl.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        //btn.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        //textField.style.textDecoration = "none";
-        //textView.style.textDecoration = "none";
     }
 }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/tns-core-modules.base.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/tns-core-modules.base.d.ts
index de12f0f3a..e7ef36440 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/tns-core-modules.base.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/tns-core-modules.base.d.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 /// <reference path="text/text.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="timer/timer.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="trace/trace.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="ui/definitions.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="ui/action-bar/action-bar.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="ui/activity-indicator/activity-indicator.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="ui/animation/animation.d.ts" />
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base.ts
index 5d05fec0b..df6007b37 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-base.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,47 @@ export function isEventOrGesture(name: string, view: ViewBaseDefinition): boolea
     return false;
 }
 
+export function getViewById(view: ViewBaseDefinition, id: string): ViewBaseDefinition {
+    if (!view) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    if (view.id === id) {
+        return view;
+    }
+
+    let retVal: ViewBaseDefinition;
+    const descendantsCallback = function (child: ViewBaseDefinition): boolean {
+        if (child.id === id) {
+            retVal = child;
+            // break the iteration by returning false
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    eachDescendant(view, descendantsCallback);
+    return retVal;
+}
+
+export function eachDescendant(view: ViewBaseDefinition, callback: (child: ViewBaseDefinition) => boolean) {
+    if (!callback || !view) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let continueIteration: boolean;
+    let localCallback = function (child: ViewBaseDefinition): boolean {
+        continueIteration = callback(child);
+        if (continueIteration) {
+            child.eachChild(localCallback);
+        }
+        return continueIteration;
+    }
+
+    view.eachChild(localCallback);
+}
+
 export class ViewBase extends Observable implements ViewBaseDefinition {
     private _updatingJSPropertiesDict = {};
     private _style: Style;
@@ -87,6 +128,10 @@ export class ViewBase extends Observable implements ViewBaseDefinition {
         return this._isLoaded;
     }
 
+    getViewById<T extends ViewBaseDefinition>(id: string): T {
+        return <T>getViewById(this, id);
+    }
+
     get page(): ViewBaseDefinition {
         if (this.parent) {
             return this.parent.page;
@@ -492,4 +537,15 @@ function resetStyles(view: ViewBase): void {
 }
 
 export const idProperty = new Property<ViewBase, string>({ name: "id", valueChanged: (view, oldValue, newValue) => resetStyles(view) });
-idProperty.register(ViewBase);
\ No newline at end of file
+idProperty.register(ViewBase);
+
+export function makeValidator<T>(...values: T[]): (value: any) => value is T {
+    const set = new Set(values);
+    return (value: any): value is T => set.has(value);
+}
+export function makeParser<T>(isValid: (value: any) => boolean, def: T): (value: any) => T {
+    return value => {
+        const lower = value && value.toLowerCase();
+        return isValid(lower) ? lower : def;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts
index 00d32f754..77455f39d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts
@@ -49,47 +49,6 @@ Style.prototype.effectiveBorderRightWidth = 0;
 Style.prototype.effectiveBorderBottomWidth = 0;
 Style.prototype.effectiveBorderLeftWidth = 0;
 
-export function getViewById(view: ViewDefinition, id: string): ViewDefinition {
-    if (!view) {
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    if (view.id === id) {
-        return view;
-    }
-
-    let retVal: ViewDefinition;
-    const descendantsCallback = function (child: ViewDefinition): boolean {
-        if (child.id === id) {
-            retVal = child;
-            // break the iteration by returning false
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    eachDescendant(view, descendantsCallback);
-    return retVal;
-}
-
-export function eachDescendant(view: ViewDefinition, callback: (child: ViewDefinition) => boolean) {
-    if (!callback || !view) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let continueIteration: boolean;
-    let localCallback = function (child: ViewDefinition): boolean {
-        continueIteration = callback(child);
-        if (continueIteration) {
-            child._eachChildView(localCallback);
-        }
-        return continueIteration;
-    }
-
-    view._eachChildView(localCallback);
-}
-
 export function PseudoClassHandler(...pseudoClasses: string[]): MethodDecorator {
     let stateEventNames = pseudoClasses.map(s => ":" + s);
     let listeners = Symbol("listeners");
@@ -233,10 +192,6 @@ export abstract class ViewCommon extends ViewBase implements ViewDefinition {
         }
     }
 
-    getViewById<T extends ViewDefinition>(id: string): T {
-        return <T>getViewById(this, id);
-    }
-
     // START Style property shortcuts
     get borderColor(): string | Color {
         return this.style.borderColor;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
index f37b313f4..c5338a49b 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ declare module "ui/core/view" {
     export const zeroLength: Length;
     export function getLengthEffectiveValue(param: Length): number;
 
-    /**
-     * Gets a child view by id.
-     * @param view - The parent (container) view of the view to look for.
-     * @param id - The id of the view to look for.
-     * Returns an instance of a view (if found), otherwise undefined.
-     */
-    export function getViewById(view: View, id: string): View;
-
     /**
      * Converts string into boolean value.
      * Throws error if value is not 'true' or 'false'.
@@ -350,16 +342,6 @@ declare module "ui/core/view" {
          */
         isUserInteractionEnabled: boolean;
 
-        /**
-         * Gets or sets the id for this view.
-         */
-        id: string;
-
-        /**
-         * Gets or sets the CSS class name for this view.
-         */
-        className: string;
-
         /**
          * Gets is layout is valid. This is a read-only property.
          */
@@ -475,11 +457,6 @@ declare module "ui/core/view" {
 
         public static combineMeasuredStates(curState: number, newState): number;
 
-        /**
-         * Returns the child view with the specified id.
-         */
-        public getViewById<T extends View>(id: string): T;
-
         /**
          * Tries to focus the view.
          * Returns a value indicating whether this view or one of its descendants actually took focus.
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/definitions.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/definitions.d.ts
index 5ff5b7fb2..b8e20bfe5 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/definitions.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/definitions.d.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ declare module "ui/core/view-base" {
     export function getAncestor(view: ViewBase, criterion: string | Function): ViewBase;
     export function isEventOrGesture(name: string, view: ViewBase): boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a child view by id.
+     * @param view - The parent (container) view of the view to look for.
+     * @param id - The id of the view to look for.
+     * Returns an instance of a view (if found), otherwise undefined.
+     */
+    export function getViewById(view: ViewBase, id: string): ViewBase;
+
     export class ViewBase extends Observable {
         /**
          * String value used when hooking to loaded event.
@@ -50,6 +58,21 @@ declare module "ui/core/view-base" {
          */
         public readonly parent: ViewBase;
 
+        /**
+         * Gets or sets the id for this view.
+         */
+        public id: string;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the child view with the specified id.
+         */
+        public getViewById<T extends ViewBase>(id: string): T;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets or sets the CSS class name for this view.
+         */
+        public className: string;
+
         /**
          * Gets owner page. This is a read-only property.
          */
@@ -106,6 +129,9 @@ declare module "ui/core/view-base" {
     export const idProperty: Property<ViewBase, string>;
     export const classNameProperty: Property<ViewBase, string>;
     export const bindingContextProperty: InheritedProperty<ViewBase, any>;
+
+    export function makeValidator<T>(...values: T[]): (value: any) => value is T;
+    export function makeParser<T>(isValid: (value: any) => boolean, def: T): (value: any) => T;
 }
 
 declare module "ui/core/properties" {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout-common.ts
index d927b1305..1213e6af6 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout/flexbox-layout-common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as flexbox from "ui/layouts/flexbox-layout";
-import { LayoutBase, View, Style, Property, CssProperty, isIOS, ShorthandProperty } from "ui/layouts/layout-base";
+import { LayoutBase, View, Style, Property, CssProperty, isIOS, ShorthandProperty, makeValidator, makeParser} from "ui/layouts/layout-base";
 
 export * from "ui/layouts/layout-base";
 
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ export const ORDER_DEFAULT = 1;
 export const FLEX_GROW_DEFAULT = 0.0;
 export const FLEX_SHRINK_DEFAULT = 1.0;
 
-function makeValidator<T>(...values: T[]): (value: any) => value is T {
-    const set = new Set(values);
-    return (value: any): value is T => set.has(value);
-}
-function makeParser<T>(isValid: (value: any) => boolean, def: T): (value: any) => T {
-    return value => {
-        const lower = value && value.toLowerCase();
-        return isValid(lower) ? lower : def;
-    }
-}
+// function makeValidator<T>(...values: T[]): (value: any) => value is T {
+//     const set = new Set(values);
+//     return (value: any): value is T => set.has(value);
+// }
+// function makeParser<T>(isValid: (value: any) => boolean, def: T): (value: any) => T {
+//     return value => {
+//         const lower = value && value.toLowerCase();
+//         return isValid(lower) ? lower : def;
+//     }
+// }
 
 export type FlexDirection = "row" | "row-reverse" | "column" | "column-reverse";
 export namespace FlexDirection {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/converters.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/converters.ts
index 886d73d97..211a95ba7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/converters.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/converters.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ export function textAlignConverter(value: string): string {
 export function textDecorationConverter(value: string): string {
     const values = (value + "").split(" ");
 
-    if (values.indexOf("none") !== -1 || values.indexOf("underline") !== -1 || values.indexOf("lineThrough") !== -1) {
+    if (values.indexOf("none") !== -1 
+     || values.indexOf("underline") !== -1 
+     || values.indexOf("line-through") !== -1
+     || values.indexOf("underline line-through") !== -1
+     || values.indexOf("line-through underline") !== -1
+    ) {
         return value;
     } else {
         throw new Error("CSS text-decoration \"" + value + "\" is not supported.");
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts
index 8599039c5..2e2e2d9f4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 declare module "ui/styling/style" {
     import { Length, PercentLength, Color, Background, Font, ViewBase, Observable } from "ui/core/view";
+    import { TextDecoration } from "ui/text-base";
 
     export interface Thickness {
         left: number;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ declare module "ui/styling/style" {
 
         public letterSpacing: number;
         public textAlignment: "left" | "center" | "right";
-        public textDecoration: "none" | "underline" | "lineThrough";
+        public textDecoration: TextDecoration;
         public textTransform: "none" | "capitalize" | "uppercase" | "lowercase";
         public whiteSpace: "normal" | "nowrap";
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts
index b823991f9..3f6692022 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { resetStyleProperties } from "ui/core/properties";
 import {
     FlexDirection, FlexWrap, JustifyContent, AlignItems, AlignContent,
     Order, FlexGrow, FlexShrink, FlexWrapBefore, AlignSelf
-} from "ui/layouts/flexbox-layout"
+} from "ui/layouts/flexbox-layout";
+
+import { TextDecoration } from "ui/text-base";
 
 export class Style extends Observable implements StyleDefinition {
     constructor(public view: ViewBase) {
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ export class Style extends Observable implements StyleDefinition {
 
     public letterSpacing: number;
     public textAlignment: "left" | "center" | "right";
-    public textDecoration: "none" | "underline" | "lineThrough";
+    public textDecoration: TextDecoration;
     public textTransform: "none" | "capitalize" | "uppercase" | "lowercase";
     public whiteSpace: "normal" | "nowrap";
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
index ed97acf58..ca1c7d664 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { TextBase as TextBaseDefinition } from "ui/text-base";
-import { View, AddChildFromBuilder, Property, CssProperty, InheritedCssProperty, Style, isIOS, Observable } from "ui/core/view";
+import { View, AddChildFromBuilder, Property, CssProperty, InheritedCssProperty, Style, isIOS, Observable, makeValidator, makeParser} from "ui/core/view";
 import { PropertyChangeData } from "data/observable";
 import { FormattedString, FormattedStringView } from "text/formatted-string";
 import { addWeakEventListener, removeWeakEventListener } from "ui/core/weak-event-listener";
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ export abstract class TextBaseCommon extends View implements TextBaseDefinition,
         this.style.textAlignment = value;
     }
 
-    get textDecoration(): "none" | "underline" | "lineThrough" {
+    get textDecoration(): TextDecoration {
         return this.style.textDecoration;
     }
-    set textDecoration(value: "none" | "underline" | "lineThrough") {
+    set textDecoration(value: TextDecoration) {
         this.style.textDecoration = value;
     }
 
@@ -135,21 +135,19 @@ export const textAlignmentProperty = new InheritedCssProperty<Style, "left" | "c
 });
 textAlignmentProperty.register(Style);
 
-export const textDecorationProperty = new CssProperty<Style, "none" | "underline" | "line-through">({
-    name: "textDecoration", cssName: "text-decoration", defaultValue: "none", valueConverter: (value) => {
-        if (value === null || value === undefined || value === "") {
-            value = "none";
-        }
+// TextDecoration
+export type TextDecoration = "none" | "underline" | "line-through" | "underline line-through";
+export namespace TextDecoration {
+    export const NONE: "none" = "none";
+    export const UNDERLINE: "underline" = "underline";
+    export const LINE_THROUGH: "line-through" = "line-through";
+    export const UNDERLINE_LINE_THROUGH: "underline line-through" = "underline line-through";
 
-        (value + "").split(" ").forEach((v, i, arr) => {
-            if (v !== "none" && v !== "underline" && v !== "line-through") {
-                throw new Error(`CSS text-decoration ${value} is not supported.`);
-            }
-
-        });
-        return <any>value;
-    }
-});
+    export const isValid = makeValidator<TextDecoration>(NONE, UNDERLINE, LINE_THROUGH, UNDERLINE_LINE_THROUGH);
+    export const parse = makeParser(isValid, NONE);
+}
+export const textDecorationProperty = new CssProperty<Style, TextDecoration>({
+    name: "textDecoration", cssName: "text-decoration", defaultValue: TextDecoration.NONE, valueConverter: TextDecoration.parse});
 textDecorationProperty.register(Style);
 
 export const textTransformProperty = new CssProperty<Style, "none" | "capitalize" | "uppercase" | "lowercase">({
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
index 513e0caf1..502f7f48c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.android.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {
     TextBaseCommon, textProperty, formattedTextProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty,
     textTransformProperty, letterSpacingProperty, colorProperty, fontInternalProperty, whiteSpaceProperty,
-    Font, Color, FormattedString
+    Font, Color, FormattedString, TextDecoration
 } from "./text-base-common";
 
 export * from "./text-base-common";
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         }
     }
 
-    get [textDecorationProperty.native](): "none" | "underline" | "line-through" {
+    get [textDecorationProperty.native](): TextDecoration {
         return "none";
     }
-    set [textDecorationProperty.native](value: "none" | "underline" | "line-through") {
+    set [textDecorationProperty.native](value: TextDecoration) {
         let flags = 0;
         let values = (value + "").split(" ");
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
index 4e103b964..758ee81f2 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.d.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         /**
          * Gets or sets text decorations style property.
          */
-        textDecoration: "none" | "underline" | "lineThrough";
+        textDecoration: TextDecoration;
 
         /**
          * Gets or sets text transform style property.
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@
         //@endprivate
     }
 
+    export type TextDecoration = "none" | "underline" | "line-through" | "underline line-through";
+    export namespace TextDecoration {
+        export const NONE: "none";
+        export const UNDERLINE: "underline";
+        export const LINE_THROUGH: "line-through";
+        export const UNDERLINE_LINE_THROUGH: "underline line-through";
+        export function isValid(value: any): boolean;
+        export function parse(value: string): TextDecoration;
+    }
+
     export type TextTransform = "none" | "capitalize" | "uppercase" | "lowercase";
 
     export function getTransformedText(text: string, transform: TextTransform): string;
@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@
     export const formattedTextProperty: Property<TextBase, FormattedString>;
 
     export const textAlignmentProperty: InheritedCssProperty<Style, "left" | "center" | "right">;
-    export const textDecorationProperty: CssProperty<Style, "none" | "underline" | "line-through">;
+    export const textDecorationProperty: CssProperty<Style, TextDecoration>;
     export const textTransformProperty: CssProperty<Style, TextTransform>;
     export const whiteSpaceProperty: CssProperty<Style, "normal" | "nowrap">;
     export const letterSpacingProperty: CssProperty<Style, number>;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index 9a6a5d0c6..a75413a56 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
     TextBaseCommon, textProperty, formattedTextProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty,
-    textTransformProperty, letterSpacingProperty, colorProperty, fontInternalProperty, Font, Color, FormattedString
+    textTransformProperty, letterSpacingProperty, colorProperty, fontInternalProperty, Font, Color, FormattedString,
+    TextDecoration
 } from "./text-base-common";
 
 export * from "./text-base-common";
@@ -244,10 +245,10 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         }
     }
 
-    get [textDecorationProperty.native](): string {
+    get [textDecorationProperty.native](): TextDecoration {
         return "none";
     }
-    set [textDecorationProperty.native](value: string) {
+    set [textDecorationProperty.native](value: TextDecoration) {
         if (this.formattedText) {
             setFormattedTextDecorationAndTransform(this.formattedText, this.nativeView, value, this.style.textTransform, this.style.letterSpacing);
         } else {