CSS border-left-width

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The CSS border-left-width property allows you to set the width of a left border.

You can also use border-width to set the width for all sides of your element, or border-left to set all border properties for the left border.

The default width for borders is medium.

If you use a border without specifying its color, it will use the currentColor value (which is the value of the color property).

The border's style needs to be specified before it can be displayed. You can use either border-left-style or border-style to specify the border's style.

Syntax

Where

These values are explained below.

Possible Values

thin
Specifies a thin border. It is up to the user agent to determine the actual width.
medium
Specifies a medium width border. It is up to the user agent to determine the actual width.
thick
Specifies a thick border. It is up to the user agent to determine the actual width.
length
Specifies the width of the border using a length value. For example, 10px, 1em, 8pt etc

In addition, all CSS properties also accept the following CSS-wide keyword values as the sole component of their property value:

initial
Represents the value specified as the property's initial value.
inherit
Represents the computed value of the property on the element's parent.
unset
This value acts as either inherit or initial, depending on whether the property is inherited or not. In other words, it sets all properties to their parent value if they are inheritable or to their initial value if not inheritable.

General Information

Initial Value
medium
Applies To
All elements.
Inherited?
No
Media
Visual
Animatable
Yes (see example)

Example Code

Official Specifications