border-left
Quick Summary for border-left
The border-left shorthand CSS property sets all the properties of an element's left border.
Code Usage for border-left
border-left-style: dotted; border-left: thick green; 
More Details for border-left

border-left

The border-left shorthand CSS property sets all the properties of an element's left border.

As with all shorthand properties, border-left always sets the values of all of the properties that it can set, even if they are not specified. It sets those that are not specified to their default values. This means that ...

border-left-style: dotted; border-left: thick green; 

... is actually the same as ...

border-left-style: dotted; border-left: none thick green; 

... and the value of border-left-style given before border-left is ignored. Since the default value of border-left-style is none, not specifying the border-style part results in no border.

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

border-left-color border-left-style border-left-width

Syntax

border-left: 1px; border-left: 2px dotted; border-left: medium dashed blue;  /* Global values */ border-left: inherit; border-left: initial; border-left: revert; border-left: unset; 

The three values of the shorthand property can be specified in any order, and one or two of them may be omitted.

Values

<br-width>

See border-left-width.

<br-style>

See border-left-style.

<color>

See border-left-color.

Formal definition

Initial valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:border-left-width: mediumborder-left-style: noneborder-left-color: currentcolor
Applies toall elements. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inheritedno
Computed valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:border-left-width: the absolute length or 0 if border-left-style is none or hiddenborder-left-style: as specifiedborder-left-color: computed color
Animation typeas each of the properties of the shorthand:border-left-color: a colorborder-left-style: discreteborder-left-width: a length

Formal syntax

<line-width> || <line-style> || <color>

where <line-width> = <length> | thin | medium | thick<line-style> = none | hidden | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset<color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hwb()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>

where <rgb()> = rgb( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgb( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )<rgba()> = rgba( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgba( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )<hsl()> = hsl( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsl( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )<hsla()> = hsla( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsla( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )<hwb()> = hwb( [<hue> | none] [<percentage> | none] [<percentage> | none] [ / [<alpha-value> | none] ]? )

where <alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage><hue> = <number> | <angle>

Examples

Applying a left border

HTML
<div>   This box has a border on the left side. </div> 
CSS
div {   border-left: 4px dashed blue;   background-color: gold;   height: 100px;   width: 100px;   font-weight: bold;   text-align: center; } 
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Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 4 # border-shorthands

See also

border border-block outline Backgrounds and borders Learn CSS: Backgrounds and borders

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