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
The example above gives the same result as this:
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;
}
Try it Yourself »
The border-style property is used in the example above. However, it also works with border-width and border-color.
