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CSS Border Width

AuthorHariom Prajapati

Pubish Date22 Mar 2023

categoryCSS

It is allow you to specify how the border width should look like.

 

Syntax -

border-width: width_value;

 

Some rules are :-

  • If we use one width value in border-width property then width of all four side of the border will same width.
  • If we use two width value in border-width property then, first width value use in top and bottom border width but second width value use in right and left border.
  • If we use three width value in border property then , first width value use in top border , second width use in bottom border and third width use in left & right border.
  • If we use four width value in border property then , first width value use in top border,second width value use in right border , third width value use in bottom border and fourth width value use in left border.(it start from top border and move clockwise to left)

 

Example - 

If there is only one width value in border style property :

border-width: thin;

  1. width of all four borders are thin.

 

If there is two width values in border style property:

border-width: thin medium;

  1. width of top and bottom borders are thin.
  2. width of right and left borders are medium.

 

If there is three width values in border style property:

border-style: thin medium thick;

  1. width of top border is thin.
  2. width of right and left borders are medium.
  3. width of bottom border is thick.

 

If there is four width values in border style property:

border-width: thin medium thick 10px;

  1. width of top border is thin.
  2. width of right border is medium.
  3. width of bottom border is thick.
  4. width of left border is 10px.

 

Values

medium

Specifies a medium border.

thin

Specifies a thin border.

thick

Specifies a thick border.

length

Allows you to define the thickness of the border.(in em, pt,px etc)

 

For example:-

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Style each side of border with different style</title>
  <style>
    .one_width {
      border-style: solid;
      border-width: thick;
    }

    .two_width {
      border-style: solid;
      border-width: thick 2px;
    }

    .three_width {
      border-style: solid;
      border-width: thin medium 6pt;
    }

    .four_width {
      border-style: solid;
      border-width: 5px 2em 3pt thin;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <h4 class="one_width">One width border!</h4>
  <h4 class="two_width">two width border!</h4>
  <h4 class="three_width">three width border!</h4>
  <h4 class="four_width">four width border!</h4>
</body>

</html>

 

Output

CSS Border Width

 

Style each side of border with different width

We can write seperate tag for styling each border.

a) border-width: width_value;

b) border-width: width_value;

c) border-width: width_value;

d) border-width: width_value;

 

Values

medium

Specifies a medium border.

thin

Specifies a thin border.

thick

Specifies a thick border.

length

Allows you to define the thickness of the border.(in em, pt,px etc)

 

For Example:-

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Style each side of border with different style</title>
  <style>
    .top_style {
      border-top-style: dotted;
    }

    .bottom_style {
      border-bottom-style: dashed;
    }

    .left_style {
      border-left-style: solid;
    }

    .right_style {
      border-right-style: double;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <h4 class="top_style">One style border!</h4>
  <h4 class="bottom_style">two style border!</h4>
  <h4 class="left_style">three style border!</h4>
  <h4 class="right_style">four style border!</h4>
</body>

</html>

 

Output

Style each side of border with different width