CSS Border

The following CSS border codes demonstrate the various CSS properties you can use to apply styles to the border of any HTML element.

CSS allows you to set styles for the border of any HTML element. It also provides you with a way of setting border styles for one or more sides of an element.

Setting Borders on all Sides

To set border styles for all sides of an element, you use the border-width, border-style, and border-color properties. You can also use the border property to set all properties at once.

border-width, border-style, and border-color

Code	Result
<p style="border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:blue;">This text has border styles applied using the border-width, border-style, and border-color properties.</p>	This text has border styles applied using the border-width, border-style, and border-color properties.

The border Property

The border property is shorthand for setting border-width, border-style, and border-color.

Code	Result
<p style="border:1px solid blue;">This text has border styles applied using the border property.</p>	This text has border styles applied using the border property.

Border Styles

Borders can have the following styles.

Code

Result

<p style="border:4px solid blue;">This text has a border style of 'solid'.</p> <p style="border:4px dotted blue;">This text has a border style of 'dotted'.</p> <p style="border:4px dashed blue;">This text has a border style of 'dashed'.</p> <p style="border:4px double blue;">This text has a border style of 'double'.</p> <p style="border:4px groove blue;">This text has a border style of 'groove'.</p> <p style="border:4px ridge blue;">This text has a border style of 'ridge'.</p> <p style="border:4px inset blue;">This text has a border style of 'inset'.</p> <p style="border:4px outset blue;">This text has a border style of 'outset'.</p> <p style="border:4px hidden blue;">This text has a border style of 'hidden'.</p>

This text has a border style of 'solid'. This text has a border style of 'dotted'. This text has a border style of 'dashed'. This text has a border style of 'double'. This text has a border style of 'groove'. This text has a border style of 'ridge'. This text has a border style of 'inset'. This text has a border style of 'outset'. This text has a border style of 'hidden'.

Setting Borders for Each Side

If you don't want the border settings to be applied to all four sides, or if you want each side to have different styles applied, you can use the following properties:

Explicit Properties

• border-bottom-color
• border-bottom-style
• border-bottom-width
• border-left-color
• border-left-style
• border-left-width
• border-right-color
• border-right-style
• border-right-width
• border-top-color
• border-top-style
• border-top-width

Example:

Code	Result
<p style="border-bottom-width:4px;border-bottom-style:double;border-bottom-color:blue;">This text has a bottom border.</p>	This text has a bottom border.

Shorthand Properties

The following properties provide you with a more concise way of specifying border properties for each side.

• border-bottom
• border-left
• border-right
• border-top

Example:

Code	Result
<p style="border-bottom:4px double blue;">This text has a bottom border.</p>	This text has a bottom border.

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