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CSS Border Properties

CSS Border properties define the borders around an element.

Examples

Set the style of the four borders
This example demonstrates how to set the style of the four borders.

Set different borders on each side
This example demonstrates how to set different borders on each side of the element.

Set the color of the four borders
This example demonstrates how to set the color of the four borders. It can have from one to four colors.

Set the width of the bottom border
This example demonstrates how to set the width of the bottom border.

Set the width of the left border
This example demonstrates how to set the width of the left border.

Set the width of the right border
This example demonstrates how to set the width of the right border.

Set the width of the top border
This example demonstrates how to set the width of the top border.

All the bottom border properties in one declaration
This example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the bottom border in one declaration.

All the left border properties in one declaration
This example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the left border in one declaration.

All the right border properties in one declaration
This example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the right border in one declaration.

All the top border properties in one declaration
This example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the top border in one declaration.

All the width of the border properties in one declaration
This example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting the width of the four borders in one declaration, can have from one to four values.

All the border properties in one declaration
This example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the four borders in one declaration, can have from one to three values.

CSS Borders

The Border properties allow you to specify the style, color, and width of an element's border. In HTML we used tables to create borders around a text, but with the Border properties we can create borders with nice effects, and it can be applied to any element.

Border Properties:

NN: Netscape, IE: Internet Explorer, W3C: Web Standard

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