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The outline Shorthand Property in CSS
The outline shorthand property can be defined to draw a line of specific style (required), thickness, and color around the borders of the element, but the outline is not a part of element's dimensions unlike border property.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS outline Shorthand property is as follows −
Selector {
outline: /*value*/
}
The value above can be −
outline-width
outline-style
outline-color
Outline property with style and color
Let's see an example of the outline Shorthand property. We have set the outline style with color −
outline: groove black;
Example
Here is the example −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS outline Shorthand</title>
<style>
span {
margin: 15px;
padding: 20px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #f28500 #dc3545;
position: absolute;
outline: 5px double green;
border-radius: 50%;
}
#showDiv {
margin:auto;
border-style: solid;
border-color: darkmagenta dodgerblue;
outline: groove black;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
}
#container {
width:50%;
margin:50px auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="showDiv"><span></span></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Outline property with all the values
Let's see another example of outline Shorthand property. In this example, we have all the outline properties in a single line −
outline: 5px dashed yellow;
Example
Here is the example −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>CSS outline Shorthand</title>
<style>
#container {
width:50%;
margin:50px auto;
}
p {
margin:auto;
border-style: ridge;
border-width: 10px;
border-color: orange;
outline: 5px dashed yellow;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<p>Coding Ground is loved by millions of programmers around the globe.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Outline Width
The outline width values can be −
thin
thick
medium
length units
Example
Let us see the example. Here, we have set thin and thick outline here using the shorthand property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
h1 {
outline: thin dashed green;
}
h2 {
outline: thick dashed green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Demo Heading1</h1>
<h2>Demo Heading2</h2>
<p>Demo Text</p>
</body>
</html>
Outline Style
The outline style in the outline shorthand property can have any of the following values −
dotted − Set a dotted border
dashed − Set a dashed border
solid − Set a solid border
double − Set a double border
groove − Set a 3D grooved border
ridge − Set a 3D ridged border
inset − Set a 3D inset border
Example
Let us see the example. We have set the dotted and dashed outlines here using the shorthand property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
h1 {
outline: dotted green;
}
h2 {
outline: dashed green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Demo Heading1</h1>
<h2>Demo Heading2</h2>
<p>Demo Text</p>
</body>
</html>
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