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border-left-style property

Browser support:

Specifies the style of the element's left border.

Available border styles:

border-left-style: dotted

border-left-style: dashed

border-left-style: solid

border-left-style: double

border-left-style: inset

border-left-style: outset

border-left-style: groove

border-left-style: ridge

border-left-style: window-inset

JavaScript page for this property: borderLeftStyle. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

One of the following values:

-moz-bg-inset

The border looks as though it were embedded in the canvas.

-moz-bg-outset

The border looks as though it were coming out of the canvas.

-moz-bg-solid

A solid line is drawn.

dashed

A series of short line segments is drawn.

dotted

A series of dots is drawn.

double

A double line border.

groove

The border looks as if it has been carved into the background.

hidden

Turns the border off.

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

inset

The border looks as though it were embedded in the canvas.

none

Default. Border width is null.

outset

The border looks as though it were coming out of the canvas.

ridge

The border looks as if it's protruding out of the background.

solid

A solid line is drawn.

window-inset

The border looks as though it were embedded in the canvas with an additional single line.

Default: none.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the border-left-style property:

<head>
    <style>
        .example {
            border-left-color: blue;
            border-left-width: 6px;
            border-left-style: dashed;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="example">Border-left-style: dashed</div>
</body>