CSS - border-style

Description

The border-style property allows you to select one of the following styles of border −

none − No border. (Equivalent of border-width:0;)
solid − Border is a single solid line.
dotted − Border is a series of dots.
dashed − Border is a series of short lines.
double − Border is two solid lines.
groove − Border looks as though it is carved into the page.
ridge − Border looks the opposite of groove.
inset − Border makes the box look like it is embedded in the page.
outset − Border makes the box look like it is coming out of the canvas.
hidden − Same as none, except in terms of border-conflict resolution for table elements.

You can individually change the style of the bottom, left, top, and right borders of an element using following properties −

border-bottom-style − changes the style of bottom border.
border-top-style − changes the style of top border.
border-left-style − changes the style of left border.
border-right-style − changes the style of right border.

Possible Values

Any of the values defined above.

Applies to

All the HTML elements.

DOM Syntax

object.style.borderStyle = "Any of the values defined above";

Example

Following is the example to show all these border styles −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:none;">
         This is a border with none width.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:solid;">
         This is a solid border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:dashed;">
         This is a dashed border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:double;">
         This is a double border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:groove;">
         This is a groove border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:ridge">
         This is a ridge  border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:inset;">
         This is a inset border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:outset;">
         This is a outset border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; border-style:hidden;">
         This is a hidden border.
      </p>
      
      <p style = "border-width:4px; 
         border-top-style:solid;
         border-bottom-style:dashed;
         border-left-style:groove;
         border-right-style:double;">
         This is a a border with four different styles.
      </p>
   
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

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