border-top-style - HTML CSS CSS Property

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Description

The border-top-style CSS property sets the style of an element's top border individually. However in many cases the shorthand CSS properties like border-style or border-top are more convenient to use and preferable.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this property.

Item Value
Default value: none
Applies to:All elements
Inherited: No
Animatable: No.

Syntax

The syntax of the property is as follows: 


border-top-style:     none | hidden | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset | inherit

The example below shows the border-top-style property.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
 <head>
  <title>Example of CSS border-top-style property</title>
  <style type="text/css">
    p {<!--   w w w.  j av a2  s .c  o m-->
      border-top-width: 3px;
    }
    p.none {
      border-top-style: none;
    }
    p.dotted {
      border-top-style: dotted;
    }
    p.dashed {
      border-top-style: dashed;
    }
    p.solid {
      border-top-style: solid;
    }
    p.double {
      border-top-style: double;
    }
    p.groove {
      border-top-style: groove;
    }
    p.ridge {
      border-top-style: ridge;
    }
    p.inset {
      border-top-style: inset;
    }
    p.outset {
      border-top-style: outset;
    }
    </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <h1>Various border style.</h1>
  <p class="none">No top border.</p>
  <p class="dotted">A dotted top border.</p>
  <p class="dashed">A dashed top border.</p>
  <p class="solid">A solid top border.</p>
  <p class="double">A double top border.</p>
  <p class="groove">A groove top border.</p>
  <p class="ridge">A ridge top border.</p>
  <p class="inset">An inset top border.</p>
  <p class="outset">An outset top border.</p>
 </body>
</html>

Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
noneNo border will be displayed.
hidden Same as none, except the case where table cells have collapsed borders and the two cells share a border. The hidden value ensures that no border is drawn, since hidden take precedence over all other border styles.
dotted Displays the border as a series of dots.
dashed Displays the border as a series of short line segments i.e. dashes.
solid Displays the border as a single solid line.
double Displays the border as a two parallel solid lines with some space between them. The sum of the two lines and the space between them equals the value of border-width.
groove Displays the border as it were carved into the canvas. It gives the impression of 3D that is typically achieved by creating a shadow from two colors that are slightly lighter and darker than the border-color.
ridge Displays the border that has the opposite effect of groove: It also gives the impression of 3D, the border looks as though it were coming out of the canvas.
inset Displays the border that makes the element's box look as though it were embedded in the canvas. It gives the impression of 3D that is typically achieved by creating a shadow from two colors that are slightly lighter and darker than the border-color.
outset Displays the border that has the opposite effect of inset: It also gives the impression of 3D, the border makes the box look as though it were coming out of the canvas.
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit take the value of its parent element border-top-style property.

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