The border Shorthand Property in CSS

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

The border property is used to define the border properties for an element. It is a shorthand for border-width, border-style and border-color.

Syntax

The syntax of CSS border property is as follows −

Selector {
   border: /*value*/
}

Example

The following examples illustrate CSS border property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
img {
   margin-top: 14px;
   margin-left: 30px;
   border: 2px solid orange;
   box-shadow: 0 0 12px 1px black;
}
#demo {
   border: 4px dotted magenta;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/swing/images/swing-mini-logo.jpg">  
<img id="demo" src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/scala/images/scala-mini-logo.jpg">
</body>
</html>

Output

This gives the following output −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {
   margin: 1em;
   border: 3px dashed green;
}
td {
   font-size: 24px;
   border: 2px double navy;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>This</td>
<td>text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>is</td>
<td>demo</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>