CSS TutorialLesson #22

Border Width

The `border-width` property specifies the width of the four borders.

The border-width property specifies the width of the four borders.

The width can be set as a specific size (in px, pt, cm, em, etc) or by using one of the three pre-defined values: thin, medium, or thick:

Example

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p.one
{

border-style: solid;

border-width: 5px;

}

p.two
{

border-style: solid;

  border-width: medium;

}

p.three
{

border-style: dotted;

  border-width: 2px;

}

p.four
{

border-style: dotted;

    border-width: thick;

}

Specific Side Widths

The border-width property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border):

Example

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p.one {
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 5px 20px; /*
  5px top and bottom, 20px on the sides */
}

p.two {
  border-style:
  solid;
  border-width: 20px 5px; /* 20px top and bottom, 5px on the
  sides */
}

p.three {
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 25px 10px
  4px 35px; /* 25px top, 10px right, 4px bottom and 35px left */
}

Interactive Code Examples

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