CSS border-top Property
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CSS border-top Property
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Example
Set the style of the top border for different elements:
h1 {
border-top: 5px solid red;
}
h2 {
border-top: 4px dotted blue;
}
div {
border-top: double;
}
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Definition and Usage
The border-top shorthand property sets all the top border properties in one declaration.
The properties that can be set must be in the following order:
- border-top-width
border-top-style (required)- border-top-color
If border-top-color is omitted, the color applied will be the color of the
text.
| Default value: | medium none color |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | yes, see individual properties. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.borderTop="3px dashed blue" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border-top | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
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CSS Syntax
border-top: border-width border-style border-color|initial|inherit;Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| border-top-width | Required. Specifies the width of the top border. Default value is "medium" |
| border-top-style | Required. Specifies the style of the top border. Default value is "none" |
| border-top-color | Optional. Specifies the color of the top border. Default value is the color of the text |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Border
HTML DOM reference: borderTop
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