border-block-color
The border-block-color
CSS property defines the color of the logical block borders of an element, which maps to a physical border color depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the border-top-color
and border-bottom-color
, or border-right-color
and border-left-color
property depending on the values defined for writing-mode
, direction
, and text-orientation
.
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The border color in the other dimension can be set with border-inline-color
which sets border-inline-start-color
, and border-inline-end-color
.
Syntax
css
border-block-color: yellow;
border-block-color: #f5f6f7;
/* Global values */
border-block-color: inherit;
border-block-color: initial;
border-block-color: revert;
border-block-color: revert-layer;
border-block-color: unset;
Values
<color>
-
The color of the border.
Formal definition
Initial value | currentcolor |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | computed color |
Animation type | by computed value type |
Formal syntax
border-block-color =
<'border-top-color'>{1,2}
Examples
Border with vertical text
HTML
html
<div>
<p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>
CSS
css
div {
background-color: yellow;
width: 120px;
height: 120px;
}
.exampleText {
writing-mode: vertical-lr;
border: 10px solid blue;
border-block-color: red;
}
Results
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-border-block-color |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- CSS Logical Properties and Values
- This property maps to the physical border properties:
border-top-color
,border-right-color
,border-bottom-color
, orborder-left-color
. writing-mode
,direction
,text-orientation