The border shorthand property sets all the border properties in one declaration.
The properties that can be set, are (in order): border-width, border-style, and border-color.
It does not matter if one of the values above are missing, e.g. border:solid #ff0000; is allowed.
| Default value: | medium none color |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | yes, see individual properties. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.border="3px solid blue" Try it |
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| border-width | Specifies the width of the border. Default value is "medium" |
| border-style | Specifies the style of the border. Default value is "none" |
| border-color | Specifies the color of the border. Default value is the color of the element |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
CSS tutorial: CSS Border
CSS tutorial: CSS Box Model
HTML DOM reference: border property
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