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border
The border shorthand CSS property sets an element’s border. It sets the values of border-width , border-style , and border-color .
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Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
Syntax
/* style */ border: solid; /* width | style */ border: 2px dotted; /* style | color */ border: outset #f33; /* width | style | color */ border: medium dashed green; /* Global values */ border: inherit; border: initial; border: revert; border: revert-layer; border: unset;
The border property may be specified using one, two, or three of the values listed below. The order of the values does not matter.
Note: The border will be invisible if its style is not defined. This is because the style defaults to none .
Values
Sets the thickness of the border. Defaults to medium if absent. See border-width .
Sets the style of the border. Defaults to none if absent. See border-style .
Sets the color of the border. Defaults to currentcolor if absent. See border-color .
Description
As with all shorthand properties, any omitted sub-values will be set to their initial value. Importantly, border cannot be used to specify a custom value for border-image , but instead sets it to its initial value, i.e., none .
The border shorthand is especially useful when you want all four borders to be the same. To make them different from each other, however, you can use the longhand border-width , border-style , and border-color properties, which accept different values for each side. Alternatively, you can target one border at a time with the physical (e.g., border-top ) and logical (e.g., border-block-start ) border properties.
Borders vs. outlines
Borders and outlines are very similar. However, outlines differ from borders in the following ways:
- Outlines never take up space, as they are drawn outside of an element’s content.
- According to the spec, outlines don’t have to be rectangular, although they usually are.
Formal definition
- border-width : as each of the properties of the shorthand:
- border-top-width : medium
- border-right-width : medium
- border-bottom-width : medium
- border-left-width : medium
- border-top-style : none
- border-right-style : none
- border-bottom-style : none
- border-left-style : none
- border-top-color : currentcolor
- border-right-color : currentcolor
- border-bottom-color : currentcolor
- border-left-color : currentcolor
- border-width : as each of the properties of the shorthand:
- border-bottom-width : the absolute length or 0 if border-bottom-style is none or hidden
- border-left-width : the absolute length or 0 if border-left-style is none or hidden
- border-right-width : the absolute length or 0 if border-right-style is none or hidden
- border-top-width : the absolute length or 0 if border-top-style is none or hidden
- border-bottom-style : as specified
- border-left-style : as specified
- border-right-style : as specified
- border-top-style : as specified
- border-bottom-color : computed color
- border-left-color : computed color
- border-right-color : computed color
- border-top-color : computed color
- border-color : as each of the properties of the shorthand:
- border-bottom-color : a color
- border-left-color : a color
- border-right-color : a color
- border-top-color : a color
- border-bottom-width : a length
- border-left-width : a length
- border-right-width : a length
- border-top-width : a length
Formal syntax
border =
||
||=
|
thin |
medium |
thick=
none |
hidden |
dotted |
dashed |
solid |
double |
groove |
ridge |
inset |
outsetExamples
Setting a pink outset border
HTML
div>I have a border, an outline, and a box shadow! Amazing, isn't it?div>
CSS
div border: 0.5rem outset pink; outline: 0.5rem solid khaki; box-shadow: 0 0 0 2rem skyblue; border-radius: 12px; font: bold 1rem sans-serif; margin: 2rem; padding: 1rem; outline-offset: 0.5rem; >
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#selection < height:300px; width:400px; border:1px solid #666; > h3 < width:180px; margin-top:-10px; margin-left:10px; background:#EEE; padding-left:10px; font-size:14px; color:#000; >
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body> div style="height:100px"> div id="selection"> h3>Select Pizza Base Size
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How to Add Text in Borders Using Basic HTML Elements
Some HTML elements come with preset designs, like the inconveniently small squares of elements, the limited-color bars of elements, and the “something about them bothers me” arrows of the elements. We can style them to match the modern aesthetics of our websites while making use of their functionalities. There are also many elements that rarely get used as both their default appearance and functionality are less needed in modern web designs. One such HTML element is , along with its child element . A element is traditionally used to group and access form controls. We can visually notice the grouping by the presence of a border around the grouped content on the screen. The caption for this group is given inside the element that’s added as the first child of the .
This combination of