The CSS allow you to set styles for the border of any HTML element. With CSS border properties, you can set the style, color, width of that border.
The CSS border properties are given below:
- border-style
- border-color
- border-width
CSS Border Style:
The border-style property sets the border type which you want to display on the web page. It is a shorthand property for setting the line style for all four sides of the element’s border.
The border-style property has the following values: none, hidden, dashed, dotted, double, groove, inset, outset, ridge and solid.
Also, you can change the style of the bottom, left, top, and right borders of an element individually by using the following properties:
- border-bottom-style: changes the style of the bottom border.
- border-top-style: changes the style of the top border.
- border-left-style: changes the style of the left border.
- border-right-style: changes the style of the right border.
CSS Border Color:
By using the border-color property, you can set the color of the border. This is a shorthand property for setting the color of all the four sides of an element’s border.
Note: In the above example, we take border-color: green, instead of color name (green), you can take its RGB value or HEX value also.
Also, you can change the color of the bottom, left, top, and right borders of an element individually by using the following properties:
- border-bottom-color: changes the color of the bottom border.
- border-top-color: changes the color of the top border.
- border-left-color: changes the color of the left border.
- border-right-color: changes the color of the right border.
CSS Border Width:
By using border-width property, you can set the width of the border area. It is a shorthand property, you can setting the thickness of all the four sides of an element’s border at the same time.
The width can be defined as a specific size (in px, pt, cm, em, etc) or by using one of the three pre-defined values: thin, medium, or thick.
Also, you can change the width of the bottom, left, top, and right borders of an element individually by using the following properties:
- border-bottom-width: changes the width of the bottom border.
- border-top-width: changes the width of the top border.
- border-left-width: changes the width of the left border.
- border-right-width: changes the width of the right border.
The CSS border Shorthand Property:
The border CSS property is a shorthand property, allows you to specify one or more of the individual border properties border-width, border-style, and border-color in a single rule.
Also, you can set the border at the bottom, left, top, and right side of an element individually by using the following properties:
- border-left: set border on the left side.
- border-right: set border on the right side.
- border-top: set border on the top.
- border-bottom: set border on the bottom.
CSS Rounded Borders:
The border-radius property is used to create rounded corners on elements. The values can be defined in length or percentage units.
The border-radius is a shorthand property for border-top-left-radius, border-top-right-radius, border-bottom-left-radius and border-bottom-right-radius.
Use border-radius of 50% on square elements to create a circle.