CSS Border Sides

CSS Border - Individual Sides

From the examples on the previous pages, you have seen that it is possible to specify a different border for each side.

In CSS, there are also properties for specifying each of the borders (top, right, bottom, and left):

Example

p {
  border-top-style: dotted;
  border-right-style: solid;
  border-bottom-style: dotted;
  border-left-style: solid;
}

Result:

Different Border Styles.

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The example above gives the same result as this:

Example

p {
  border-style: dotted solid;
}

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So, here is how it works:

If the border-style property has four values:

• border-style: dotted solid double dashed;
  • top border is dotted
  • right border is solid
  • bottom border is double
  • left border is dashed

If the border-style property has three values:

• border-style: dotted solid double;
  • top border is dotted
  • right and left borders are solid
  • bottom border is double

If the border-style property has two values:

• border-style: dotted solid;
  • top and bottom borders are dotted
  • right and left borders are solid

If the border-style property has one value:

• border-style: dotted;
  • all four borders are dotted

Example

/* Four values */
p {
  border-style: dotted solid double dashed;
}

/* Three values */
p {
  border-style: dotted solid double;
}

/* Two values */
p {
  border-style: dotted solid;
}

/* One value */
p {
  border-style: dotted;
}

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