border-left property CSS Reference



Definition and Usage

The border-left CSS property is a shorthand that sets the values of border-left-color, border-left-style, and border-left-width. These properties describe the left border of elements.

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

  • Initial the concatenation of the initial values of its longhand properties:
    • border-left-width: medium
    • border-left-style: none
    • border-left-color: currentColor
  • Applies to all elements
  • Inherited no
  • Media visual
  • Computed Value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
    • border-left-width: the absolute length or 0 if border-left-style is none or hidden
    • border-left-style: as specified
    • border-left-color: If the value is translucent, the computed value will be the rgba() corresponding one. If it isn't, it will be the rgb() corresponding one. The transparent keyword maps to rgb(0,0,0).
  • Animatable as each of the properties of the shorthand:
    • border-left-color: yes, as a color
    • border-left-style: no
    • border-left-width: yes, as a length
  • Canonical order order of appearance in the formal grammar of the values

Syntax

Formal syntax: <br-width> || <br-style> || <color>

Values

<br-width> 
See border-left-width.
<br-style> 
See border-left-style.
<color> 
See border-left-color.

Examples

element {
    border-left: 1px solid #000;
}

Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 1.0 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) 4 3.5 1.0 (85)

Mobile browsers

Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support 1.0 1.0 (1.0) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)

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