Border Styles
Border styles can be applied to different html elements using the following css border properties
border-style
border-width
border-color
border
border-style
specified the type of the border to be applied to the html element
values for this property are: dotted, dashed, solid, double, none etc
We can assign same value to 4 sides of border or assign 4 different values to each border.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.dotted {border-style: dotted;}
p.dashed {border-style: dashed;}
p.solid {border-style: solid;}
p.double {border-style: double;}
p.groove {border-style: groove;}
p.ridge {border-style: ridge;}
p.inset {border-style: inset;}
p.outset {border-style: outset;}
p.none {border-style: none;}
p.hidden {border-style: hidden;}
p.mix {border-style: dotted dashed solid double;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-style Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies what kind of border to display:</p>
<p class=”dotted”>A dotted border.</p>
<p class=”dashed”>A dashed border.</p>
<p class=”solid”>A solid border.</p>
<p class=”double”>A double border.</p>
<p class=”groove”>A groove border.</p>
<p class=”ridge”>A ridge border.</p>
<p class=”inset”>An inset border.</p>
<p class=”outset”>An outset border.</p>
<p class=”none”>No border.</p>
<p class=”hidden”>A hidden border.</p>
<p class=”mix”>A mixed border.</p>
</body>
</html>
border-width
used to specify width of the border. The value of border can be entered in px, cm, pt, em etc. or you can also use pre-defined values thin, medium or thick
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 5px;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-width: medium;
}
p.three {
border-style: dotted;
border-width: 2px;
}
p.four {
border-style: dotted;
border-width: thick;
}
p.five {
border-style: double;
border-width: 15px;
}
p.six {
border-style: double;
border-width: thick;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-width Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies the width of the four borders:</p>
<p class=”one”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”two”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”three”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”four”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”five”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”six”>Some text.</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The “border-width” property does not work if it is used alone.
Always specify the “border-style” property to set the borders first.</p>
</body>
</html>
You can also specify different width values to different sides
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 5px 20px; /* 5px top and bottom, 20px on the sides */
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 20px 5px; /* 20px top and bottom, 5px on the sides */
}
p.three {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 25px 10px 4px 35px; /* 25px top, 10px right, 4px bottom and 35px left */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-width Property</h2>
<p>The border-width property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):</p>
<p class=”one”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”two”>Some text.</p>
<p class=”three”>Some text.</p>
</body>
</html>
border-color
used to specify the color of the border. We can specify the color using name, rgb or hex values
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-color: red;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-color: green;
}
p.three {
border-style: dotted;
border-color: blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-color Property</h2>
<p>This property specifies the color of the four borders:</p>
<p class=”one”>A solid red border</p>
<p class=”two”>A solid green border</p>
<p class=”three”>A dotted blue border</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> The “border-color” property does not work if it is used alone. Use the “border-style” property to set the borders first.</p>
</body>
</html>
Different colors
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-color: red green blue yellow; /* red top, green right, blue bottom and yellow left */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-color Property</h2>
<p>The border-color property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):</p>
<p class=”one”>A solid multicolor border</p>
</body>
</html>
border-radius
used to specify rounded corners for the borders
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.normal {
border: 2px solid red;
padding: 5px;
}
p.round1 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 5px;
}
p.round2 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 5px;
}
p.round3 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 12px;
padding: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The border-radius Property</h2>
<p>This property is used to add rounded borders to an element:</p>
<p class=”normal”>Normal border</p>
<p class=”round1″>Round border</p>
<p class=”round2″>Rounder border</p>
<p class=”round3″>Roundest border</p>
</body>
</html>