CSS border-left property

Property values

border-left-width

mediumDefault

medium value represents medium sized border for the left side. thin≤medium≤thick

border-left-width: medium;

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thin

thin value defines thin line border for the left side.

border-left-width: thin;

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thick

thick value defines a thick line border for the left side.

border-left-width: thick;

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+ve length

10

lenght defines the line width of border for the left side. The used units might be px, in, em, pt.

border-left-width: 10px;

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border-left-style

solidDefault

The left border consists of a solid line.

border-left-style: solid;

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none

There is no style. In this case, the color and width of top border are also ignored i.e. 0px border.

border-left-style: none;

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hidden

It is same as 'none' but resolve to different results for the border-collapse property in tables.

border-left-style: hidden;

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dashed

The left border consists of a series of square shaped dashes.

border-left-style: dashed;

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dotted

The left border consists of a series of round dots.

border-left-style: dotted;

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double

The left border consists of two lines. The total border-left-width equals to the two lines and space between them.

border-left-style: double;

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ridge

The content seems to be coming out of the canvas. It is obtained by producing the box-shadow from the two colors that are lighter and darker than the border-color.

The outer side of the left border is darker than the inner side of the left border.

border-left-style: ridge;

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groove

The content seems to be going into the canvas. It is obtained by producing the box-shadow from the two colors that are lighter and darker than the border-color.

The inner side of the left border is darker than the outer side of the left border.

border-left-style: groove;

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inset

The color of top and left borders is darker than border-color but the color of right and left borders is the same as border-color.

The effect of inset value can be observed in border.

border-left-style: inset;

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outset

The color of top and left sides is the same as border-left but the color of right and left sides is darker than border-color.

The effect of outset value can be observed in border.

border-left-style: outset;

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border-left-color

currentColorDefault

currentColor keyword represents the same color for the left side border as of text color.

border-left-color: currentColor;

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color-name

The following demo represents skyblue color for the left side border.

border-left-color: skyblue;

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rgb value

#000000

It represents rgb value of a color.

The hexadecimal value of red color for the left side border is given below.

border-left-color: rgb(255,0,0);

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hexadecimal value

#000000

It represents hexadecimal notation of red color.

The hexadecimal notation of blue color for the left side border is given below.

border-left-color: #0000ff;

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