- CSS Introduction
- CSS Syntax
- CSS Selectors
- How To Add CSS
- CSS Comments
- CSS Backgrounds
- CSS Borders
- CSS Margins
- CSS Padding
- CSS Height - Width
- CSS Box Model
- CSS Outline
- CSS Text
- CSS Links
- CSS Lists
- CSS Tables
- CSS Display
- CSS Max-width
- CSS Position
- CSS Overflow
- CSS Float
- CSS Inline-block
- CSS Align
- CSS Combinators
- CSS Pseudo-classes
- CSS Pseudo-elements
- CSS Opacity
- CSS Navigation Bar
- CSS Dropdowns
- CSS Image Gallery
- CSS Attr Selectors
- CSS Forms
- CSS Counters
- CSS Website Layout
- CSS !important
- CSS Rounded Corners
- CSS Border Images
- CSS Backgrounds
- CSS Colors
- CSS Color Keywords
- CSS Gradients
- CSS Radial Gradients
- CSS Text Effects
- CSS Web Fonts
- CSS 2D Transforms
- CSS 3D Transforms
- CSS Transitions
- CSS Animations
- CSS Tooltip
- CSS Image Reflection
- CSS The Object-fit
- CSS Object-position
- CSS Button
- CSS Pagination
- CSS Multiple Columns
- CSS User Interface
- CSS Variables
- CSS Box-sizing
- CSS Media Queries
- CSS Flexbox
CSS Borders
Borders
CSS Border Style
The border-style property specifies the border style to be displayed.
The permitted values are as follows:
dotted
- Defines a dotted borderdashed
- Defines a dashed bordersolid
- Defines a solid borderdouble
- Defines a double bordergroove
- Defines a 3D grooved border. The effect depends on the border-color valueridge
- Defines a 3D ridged border. The effect depends on the border-color valueinset
- Defines a 3D inset border. The effect depends on the border-color valueoutset
- Defines a 3D outset border. The effect depends on the border-color valuenone
- Defines no borderhidden
- Defines a hidden border
The border-style
property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border).
p.dashed {border-style: dashed;}
p.solid {border-style: solid;}
p.double {border-style: double;}
p.groove {border-style: groove;}
p.ridge {border-style: ridge;}
p.inset {border-style: inset;}
p.outset {border-style: outset;}
p.none {border-style: none;}
p.hidden {border-style: hidden;}
p.mix {border-style: dotted dashed solid double;}
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.dotted {border-style: dotted;}
p.dashed {border-style: dashed;}
p.solid {border-style: solid;}
p.double {border-style: double;}
p.groove {border-style: groove;}
p.ridge {border-style: ridge;}
p.inset {border-style: inset;}
p.outset {border-style: outset;}
p.none {border-style: none;}
p.hidden {border-style: hidden;}
p.mix {border-style: dotted dashed solid double;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-style Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies what kind of border to display:</p>
<p class="dotted">A dotted border.</p>
<p class="dashed">A dashed border.</p>
<p class="solid">A solid border.</p>
<p class="double">A double border.</p>
<p class="groove">A groove border.</p>
<p class="ridge">A ridge border.</p>
<p class="inset">An inset border.</p>
<p class="outset">An outset border.</p>
<p class="none">No border.</p>
<p class="hidden">A hidden border.</p>
<p class="mix">A mixed border.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Border Width
The border-width property defines the width of each border.
The width can be specified as a specific size (in px, pt, cm, em, etc.) or as one of three predefined values: thin, medium, or thick:
border-style: solid;
border-width: 5px;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-width: medium;
}
p.three {
border-style: dotted;
border-width: 2px;
}
p.four {
border-style: dotted;
border-width: thick;
}
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 5px;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-width: medium;
}
p.three {
border-style: dotted;
border-width: 2px;
}
p.four {
border-style: dotted;
border-width: thick;
}
p.five {
border-style: double;
border-width: 15px;
}
p.six {
border-style: double;
border-width: thick;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-width Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies the width of the four borders:</p>
<p class="one">Some text.</p>
<p class="two">Some text.</p>
<p class="three">Some text.</p>
<p class="four">Some text.</p>
<p class="five">Some text.</p>
<p class="six">Some text.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The "border-width" property does not work if it is used alone.
Always specify the "border-style" property to set the borders first.</p>
</body>
</html>
Specific Side Widths
The border-width
property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 5px 20px; /* 5px top and bottom, 20px on the sides */
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 20px 5px; /* 20px top and bottom, 5px on the sides */
}
p.three {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 25px 10px 4px 35px; /* 25px top, 10px right, 4px bottom and 35px left */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-width Property</h2>
<p>The border-width property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):</p>
<p class="one">Some text.</p>
<p class="two">Some text.</p>
<p class="three">Some text.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Border Color
CSS Border Color
This property is used to set the colour of the four borders.
The hue can be determined by:
- name - specify a color name, like "red"
- HEX - specify a HEX value, like "#ff0000"
- RGB - specify a RGB value, like "rgb(255,0,0)"
- HSL - specify a HSL value, like "hsl(0, 100%, 50%)"
- transparent
Note: If border-color
is not set, it inherits the color of the element.
border-style: solid;
border-color: red;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-color: green;
}
p.three {
border-style: dotted;
border-color: blue;
}
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-color: red;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-color: green;
}
p.three {
border-style: dotted;
border-color: blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-color Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies the color of the four borders:</p>
<p class="one">A solid red border</p>
<p class="two">A solid green border</p>
<p class="three">A dotted blue border</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The "border-color" property does not work if it is used alone. Use the "border-style" property to set the borders first.</p>
</body>
</html>
Specific Side Colors
The border-color
property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border).
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-color: red green blue yellow; /* red top, green right, blue bottom and yellow left */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-color Property</h2>
<p>The border-color property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):</p>
<p class="one">A solid multicolor border</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Border Sides
CSS Border - Individual Sides
From the examples on the previous pages, you have seen that it is possible to specify a different border for each side.
In CSS, there are also properties for specifying each of the borders (top, right, bottom, and left):
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border-top-style: dotted;
border-right-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-left-style: solid;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Individual Border Sides</h2>
<p>2 different border styles.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Shorthand Border Property
As was demonstrated on the previous page, there are numerous properties to consider when working with borders.
It is also possible to specify all the individual border properties in a single property to shorten the code.
The border property is an abbreviation for the subsequent individual border properties:
border-width
border-style
(required)border-color
border: 5px solid red;
}
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border: 5px solid red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border Property</h2>
<p>This property is a shorthand property for border-width, border-style, and border-color.</p>
</body>
</html>
Left Border
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border-left: 6px solid red;
background-color: lightgrey;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-left Property</h2>
<p>This property is a shorthand property for border-left-width, border-left-style, and border-left-color.</p>
</body>
</html>
Bottom Border
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border-bottom: 6px solid red;
background-color: lightgrey;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-bottom Property</h2>
<p>This property is a shorthand property for border-bottom-width, border-bottom-style, and border-bottom-color.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Rounded Borders
The border-radius
property is used to add rounded borders to an element:
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.normal {
border: 2px solid red;
}
p.round1 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 5px;
}
p.round2 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 8px;
}
p.round3 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 12px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-radius Property</h2>
<p>This property is used to add rounded borders to an element:</p>
<p class="normal">Normal border</p>
<p class="round1">Round border</p>
<p class="round2">Rounder border</p>
<p class="round3">Roundest border</p>
</body>
</html>
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