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Setting CSS Border Attributes

Visual Studio .NET 2003

Border attributes control the edges of the space occupied by an element. For example, you can apply text formats and positioning attributes to a <DIV> element, and then apply border attributes to create a box around the element and set it off from the main text.

To prepare to build a CSS border style

  1. Open an external CSS style sheet document for editing, and follow the procedures in the topic Building CSS Styles.

    - or -

    Open a Web page for editing in Design view, and follow the procedures in the topic Inserting CSS Styles from the Document Styles Window.

  2. On the Styles menu, choose Build Style.

    The Style Builder dialog box appears.

  3. Choose Edges in the left pane.
  4. Choose an option from the Select the edge to be changed drop-down list.

To choose a border

  • Choose an option from the Style drop-down list.

    If you select None as the style, the Width and Color options are not available.

To choose a width

  • Choose an option from the Width drop-down list.

    If you select Custom as the Width, adjacent fields are available in which you can type a number and choose a unit option for the border width.

To choose a color

  • Choose an option from the Color drop-down list or click the adjacent ellipses (...) button to open the Color Picker dialog box and select additional colors.

    You must select a Style before you select a Color.

See Also

Color Picker Dialog Box | Working With CSS Styles | Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets | Building CSS Styles | Adding CSS Style Attributes in Design View | Inserting CSS Styles from the Document Styles Window | Creating an External CSS Style Sheet

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