Chapter 10
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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;
}
Example
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border-top-style: dotted;
border-right-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-left-style: solid;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Individual Border Sides</h2>
<p>2 different border styles.</p>
</body>
</html>
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
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
text-align: center;
}
/* Four values */
p.four {
border-style: dotted solid double dashed;
}
/* Three values */
p.three {
border-style: dotted solid double;
}
/* Two values */
p.two {
border-style: dotted solid;
}
/* One value */
p.one {
border-style: dotted;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Individual Border Sides</h2>
<p class="four">4 different border styles.</p>
<p class="three">3 different border styles.</p>
<p class="two">2 different border styles.</p>
<p class="one">1 border style.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Rounded Borders
The border-radius property is used to add rounded borders to an element:
Example
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.normal {
border: 2px solid red;
}
p.round1 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 5px;
}
p.round2 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 8px;
}
p.round3 {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 12px;
}
</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>