CSS border-style Property
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Definition and Usage
The border-style property sets the style of an element's four borders. This property can have from one to four values.
Examples:
- border-style: dotted solid double dashed;
- top border is dotted
- right border is solid
- bottom border is double
- left border is dashed
- border-style: dotted solid double;
- top border is dotted
- right and left borders are solid
- bottom border is double
- border-style: dotted solid;
- top and bottom borders are dotted
- right and left borders are solid
- border-style: dotted;
- all four borders are dotted
| Default value: | none |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.borderStyle="dotted double" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border-style | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Note: The value "hidden" is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 and later support "hidden".
CSS Syntax
border-style: none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| none | Default value. Specifies no border | Play it » |
| hidden | The same as "none", except in border conflict resolution for table elements | Play it » |
| dotted | Specifies a dotted border | Play it » |
| dashed | Specifies a dashed border | Play it » |
| solid | Specifies a solid border | Play it » |
| double | Specifies a double border | Play it » |
| groove | Specifies a 3D grooved border. The effect depends on the border-color value | Play it » |
| ridge | Specifies a 3D ridged border. The effect depends on the border-color value | Play it » |
| inset | Specifies a 3D inset border. The effect depends on the border-color value | Play it » |
| outset | Specifies a 3D outset border. The effect depends on the border-color value | Play it » |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | Play it » |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
More Examples
Example
A groove border:
div {
border-style: groove;
border-color: coral;
border-width: 7px;
}
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Example
A ridge border:
div {
border-style: ridge;
border-color: coral;
border-width: 7px;
}
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Example
An inset border:
div {
border-style: inset;
border-color: coral;
border-width: 7px;
}
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An outset border:
div {
border-style: outset;
border-color: coral;
border-width: 7px;
}
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Example
Set different borders on each side of an element:
p.one {border-style: dotted solid dashed double;}
p.two {border-style: dotted solid dashed;}
p.three {border-style: dotted solid;}
p.four {border-style: dotted;}
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Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Border
HTML DOM reference: borderStyle property
