CSS border-style Property

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Example

h1 {
  border-style: dashed;
}

p {
  border-style: dotted;
}
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Meaning

The border-style property defines the visual style of up to four different sides of a border.

The border-style property can have from one to four values like:

border-style: dotted solid double dashed;

  1. top border is dotted
  2. right border is solid
  3. bottom border is double
  4. left border is dashed

border-style: dotted solid double;

  1. top border is dotted
  2. right and left borders are solid
  3. bottom border is double

border-style: dotted solid;

  1. top and bottom borders are dotted
  2. right and left borders are solid

border-style: dotted;

  1. all four borders are dotted
Default value:none
Inherited:No
Animatable:No
Version:CSS1
JavaScript syntax:
object.style.borderStyle="none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset";


Standard Syntax

border-style: none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;


Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.



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Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
none This is the default. No border will be applied.
hidden Same as none, except the case where table cells have collapsed borders and the two cells share a border.
dotted Specifies a dotted border.
dashed Specifies a dashed border.
solid Specifies a solid border.
double Specifies a double border.
groove Specifies a 3D grooved border (The effect depends on the border-color value).
ridge Specifies a 3D ridged border (The effect depends on the border-color value).
inset Specifies a 3D inset border (The effect depends on the border-color value).
outset Specifies a 3D outset border (The effect depends on the border-color value).
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property.
revert Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property
revert-layer Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers.
unset Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not.


Default CSS Property Values

selectors {
  border-style: none;
}
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