border-inline
The border-inline
CSS property is a shorthand property for setting the individual logical inline border property values in a single place in the style sheet.
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The physical borders to which border-inline
maps depends on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the border-top
and border-bottom
or border-right
, and border-left
properties, depending on the values defined for writing-mode
, direction
, and text-orientation
.
The borders in the other dimension can be set with border-block
, which sets border-block-start
, and border-block-end
.
Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
Syntax
css
border-inline: 1px;
border-inline: 2px dotted;
border-inline: medium dashed blue;
/* Global values */
border-inline: inherit;
border-inline: initial;
border-inline: revert;
border-inline: revert-layer;
border-inline: unset;
Values
The border-inline
is specified with one or more of the following, in any order:
<'border-width'>
-
The width of the border. See
border-width
. <'border-style'>
-
The line style of the border. See
border-style
. <color>
-
The color of the border.
Formal definition
Initial value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
Animation type | as each of the properties of the shorthand:
|
Formal syntax
border-inline =
<'border-block-start'>
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-rl;
border-inline: 5px dashed blue;
}
Results
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-border-inline |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- CSS Logical Properties and Values
- This property maps to one of the physical border properties:
border-top
,border-right
,border-bottom
, orborder-left
. writing-mode
,direction
,text-orientation