The column-rule-style specifies the style of the rule between columns. A column-rule is similar to a border that you can add to separate adjacent columns. It can also have styles like a border.
This property is one of the CSS3 properties.
One should define the columns or columns-count properties, because there should be columns in order to specify the style for it.
The column-rule-style property has the following values:
- none
- hidden
- dotted
- dashed
- solid
- double
- groove
- ridge
- inset
- outset
| Initial Value | none |
| Applies to | Multicol elements. |
| Inherited | No. |
| Animatable | No. |
| Version | CSS3 |
| DOM Syntax | object.style.columnRuleStyle = “dashed” ; |
Syntax
column-rule-style: none | hidden | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset | initial | inherit;Example of the column-rule-style property:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
div {
/* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
-webkit-column-count: 3;
-webkit-column-gap: 30px;
-webkit-column-rule-style: dotted;
/* Firefox */
-moz-column-count: 3;
-moz-column-gap: 30px;
-moz-column-rule-style: dotted;
column-count: 3;
column-gap: 30px;
column-rule-style: dotted;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Column-rule-style property example</h2>
<div>
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</div>
</body>
</html>Result
In the following example, the rules between columns are double. In this example the color is specified for the rule with the column-rule-color property.
Example of the column-rule-style property with the “double” value:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
div {
/* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
-webkit-column-count: 3;
-webkit-column-gap: 30px;
-webkit-column-rule-style: double;
-webkit-column-rule-width: 5px;
-webkit-column-rule-color: #1c87c9;
/* Firefox */
-moz-column-count: 3;
-moz-column-gap: 30px;
-moz-column-rule-style: double;
-moz-column-rule-width: 5px;
-moz-column-rule-color: #1c87c9;
column-count: 3;
column-gap: 30px;
column-rule-style: double;
column-rule-color: #1c87c9;
column-rule-width: 5px;
text-align: justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Column-rule-style property example</h1>
<div>
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</div>
</body>
</html>