CSS - Border

Here you learn how to format the border of any space using CSS.

Border Types

External CSS File

This is your external CSS file named "stylesheet.css".


.border1 { border-style: solid; }
.border2 { border-style: dotted; }
.border3 { border-style: dashed; }



PHP Page

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML tutorial</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
</head>

<body>

<br>
<span class="border1">This has a regular border.</span><br><br>

<span class="border2">This has a dotted border.</span><br><br>

<span class="border3">This has a dashed border.</span><br><br>

</body>

</html>



This is how it looks


(2) This has a regular border.


(2) This has a dotted border.


(2) This has a dashed border.


Border Width

External CSS File

This is your external CSS file named "stylesheet.css".


.border4 { border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; }
.border5 { border-style: dotted; border-width: 4px; }
.border6 { border-style: dashed; border-width: 5px; }
.border7 { border-style: solid; border-width: 5px; }



PHP Page

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML tutorial</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
</head>

<body>

<br>
<span class="border4">This has a 1 pixel regular border.</span><br><br>

<span class="border5">This has a 4 pixel dotted border.</span><br><br>

<span class="border6">This has a 5 pixel dashed border.</span><br><br>

<span class="border7">This has a 5 pixel regular border.</span><br><br>

</body>

</html>



This is how it looks


This has a 1 pixel regular border.


This has a 4 pixel dotted border.


This has a 5 pixel dashed border.


This has a 5 pixel regular border.


Border Color

External CSS File

This is your external CSS file named "stylesheet.css".


.border8 { border-style: solid; border-color: blue; }
.border9 { border-style: dashed; border-color: #ffff00; }



PHP Page

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML tutorial</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
</head>

<body>

<br>
<span class="border8">This has a regular blue border.</span><br><br>

<span class="border9">This has a dashed red border.</span><br><br>

</body>

</html>



This is how it looks


This has a regular blue border.


This has a dashed red border.


Border Location

External CSS File

This is your external CSS file named "stylesheet.css".


.border10 { border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: red; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: red; }
.border11 { border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: blue; }



PHP Page

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML tutorial</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
</head>

<body>

<br>
<span class="border10">This has a solid red border on the left and right.</span><br><br>

<span class="border11">This has a dashed blue border on the bottom.</span><br><br>

</body>

</html>



This is how it looks


This has a solid red border on the left and right.


This has a dashed blue border on the bottom.


CSS - Border - All together

Here you can put all the formatting on 1 line by putting the width then the style then the color like the example n the CSS file below.

External CSS File

This is your external CSS file named "stylesheet.css".


.border12 { border-bottom: 1px dashed blue; }



PHP Page

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML tutorial</title>
<link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
</head>

<body>

<br>
<span class="border10">This has a 1 pixel dashed blue borderon the bottom.</span><br><br>

</body>

</html>



This is how it looks


This has a 1 pixel dashed blue border on the bottom.



 
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