border-left property

Specifies the properties of the left border of the object.

CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3, Section 4.4

Syntax

border-left: border-left-width || border-left-style || <border-left-color>

Property values

One or more of the following space-delimited values:

border-left-width: Any of the range of width values available to the border-left-width property.
border-left-style: Any of the range of style values available to the border-left-style property.
border-left-color: Any of the range of color values available to the border-left-color property.

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	no
Initial Value	(see individual properties)

Standards information

CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3, Section 4.4

Remarks

The border-left property is a composite property that sets the width, style, and color values for the left border of an object.

All individual border properties not set by the composite border-left property are set to their default values. For example, the default value for width is "medium".

If the color value is not specified, the text color is used.

For more information about supported colors, see the Color Table.

Examples

This example uses the border-left property to change border-left-width, border-left-style, and border-left-color for a div element.

An element styled using the border-left property

HTML


<body>
   <div class="left"></div>
</body>

CSS


div {
   border: 2px solid black;
   height: 50px;
   width: 50px;
}
.left {
   border-left: 2px dashed #00BFFF;
}