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borderLeftStyle style property

Browser support:
Specifies or returns 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

Syntax:

object.borderLeftStyle;
You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.
This property is read/write.
CSS page for this property: border-left-style

Possible values:

The type of this property is string.
 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>
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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the borderLeftStyle property in JavaScript:
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangeBorder (selectTag) {
            // Returns the index of the selected option
            var whichSelected = selectTag.selectedIndex;

            // Returns the text of the selected option
            var selectState = selectTag.options[whichSelected].text;

            var div = document.getElementById ("myDiv");
            div.style.borderLeftStyle = selectState;
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="myDiv" style="border-left: 6px solid blue">Sample division with border-left</div>

    <select onchange="ChangeBorder (this);" size="10">
        <option />dotted
        <option />dashed
        <option />double
        <option />groove
        <option />inset
        <option />none
        <option />outset
        <option />ridge
        <option selected="selected" />solid
        <option />window-inset
    </select>
</body>
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