Specifies a style for a border.
Platform Support
IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari | 4.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ | 5.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Usage
[border-top-style] [border-right-style] [border-bottom-style] [border-left-style]
Values
inherit | Inherit the value from the parent element. |
none | No border. |
dotted | Dotted line. |
dashed | Dashed line. |
solid | Solid line. |
double | Double line. |
groove | Grooved line. |
ridge | Ridged line. |
inset | Inset line. |
outset | Outset line. |
hidden | Hidden border. |
Example
To specify a border style that is solid on top, ridged on the right and bottom, and solid on the left, use the following syntax: .myborderclass {border-style: solid ridged ridged solid;}
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Remarks
Use the border-style
property as a shortcut to typing out all of the individual border-style properties separately. You can specify any valid value for a border-style-
property as part of border-style
.
You can specify up to four different border styles for the border of an element.
- For border that is the same on all four sides, specify a single value.
- For border that is different on the top/bottom and left/right sides, specify two values with the top/bottom value first.
- For border that is different on the top, left/right, and bottom sides, specify three values with the top value first, followed by the left/right and then bottom values.
- For border with four different styles, specify four values in the order of top, right, bottom, and left.
Availability
W3C CSS2