Box Properties

An element's box is an important part of its display, and quite a few style properties work with the box.

border

  • CSS1 values: [<border-width>||<border-style>||<color>]

  • CSS2 values: inherit

  • Default value: Varies

  • Element support: All elements

  • Browser support: [IE4, IE5, IE6, NS4, NS6]

  • Style inherited: No

This shorthand property lets you set the border-width, border-style, and color for all four borders of a box at once. List values for those properties in that order. Of course, you can also set these properties individually.

border-top, border-right, border-bottom, border-left

  • CSS1 values: [<border-top/right/bottom/left-width>||<border-style>||<color>]

  • CSS2 values: inherit

  • Default value: Varies

  • Element support: All elements

  • Browser support: ...

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