The CSS border-left-style property sets the style of an element’s left border. It is defined as a single keyword that is selected from those available for the border-style property. This property is used to set the style of all four sides of an element, but border-left-style sets a style only for the left border.
The left border’s default width is medium. It can be changed either with the border-left-width or border-width property.
Not all browsers render the styles in the same way. For example, Chrome renders the dots as rectangular dots, not circular ones.
| Initial Value | none |
| Applies to | All elements. It also applies to ::first-letter. |
| Inherited | No |
| Animatable | No |
| Version | CSS1 |
| DOM Syntax | object.style.borderLeftStyle = “solid”; |
Syntax
border-left-style: none | hidden | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset | initial | inherit;Example of the border-left-style property:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
border-left-style: solid;
}
div {
border-left-style: dotted;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p> Example with solid border-left-style.</p>
<div>Example with dotted border-left-style.</div>
</body>
</html>Example of the border-left-style property with all the values:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
body {
background: #c9c5c5;
font-size: 20px;
text-align: center;
}
main div {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
color: black;
padding-top: 30px;
padding-bottom: 30px;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
margin: 15px;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #8ebf42;
border: 10px solid;
}
.flex-center {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
/* border-left-style example classes */
.b1 {
border-left-style: hidden;
}
.b2 {
border-left-style: dotted;
}
.b3 {
border-left-style: dashed;
}
.b4 {
border-left-style: solid;
}
.b5 {
border-left-style: double;
}
.b6 {
border-left-style: groove;
}
.b7 {
border-left-style: ridge;
}
.b8 {
border-left-style: inset;
}
.b9 {
border-left-style: outset;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Border-left-style value examples</h1>
<main class="flex-center">
<div class="b1">
hidden
</div>
<div class="b2">
dotted
</div>
<div class="b3">
dashed
</div>
</main>
<main class="flex-center">
<div class="b4">
solid
</div>
<div class="b5">
double
</div>
<div class="b6">
groove
</div>
</main>
<main class="flex-center">
<div class="b7">
ridge
</div>
<div class="b8">
inset
</div>
<div class="b9">
outset
</div>
</main>
</body>
</html>Result
