`border-left-style` CSS property

The border-left-style CSS property sets the line style of an element’s left border.

[!NOTE] The specification doesn’t define how borders of different styles connect in the corners.

border-left-style: none;

border-left-style: dotted;

border-left-style: dashed;

border-left-style: solid;

border-left-style: groove;

border-left-style: inset;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    This is a box with a border around it.
  </div>
</section>

#example-element {
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  color: black;
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

body {
  background-color: white;
}

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
border-left-style: none;
border-left-style: hidden;
border-left-style: dotted;
border-left-style: dashed;
border-left-style: solid;
border-left-style: double;
border-left-style: groove;
border-left-style: ridge;
border-left-style: inset;
border-left-style: outset;

/* Global values */
border-left-style: inherit;
border-left-style: initial;
border-left-style: revert;
border-left-style: revert-layer;
border-left-style: unset;

The border-left-style property is specified as a single line-style keyword value.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

Examples

Setting border-left-style

HTML

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td class="b1">none</td>
      <td class="b2">hidden</td>
      <td class="b3">dotted</td>
      <td class="b4">dashed</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td class="b5">solid</td>
      <td class="b6">double</td>
      <td class="b7">groove</td>
      <td class="b8">ridge</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td class="b9">inset</td>
      <td class="b10">outset</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

CSS

/* Define look of the table */
table {
  border-width: 2px;
  background-color: #52e385;
}
tr,
td {
  padding: 3px;
}

/* border-left-style example classes */
.b1 {
  border-left-style: none;
}
.b2 {
  border-left-style: hidden;
}
.b3 {
  border-left-style: dotted;
}
.b4 {
  border-left-style: dashed;
}
.b5 {
  border-left-style: solid;
}
.b6 {
  border-left-style: double;
}
.b7 {
  border-left-style: groove;
}
.b8 {
  border-left-style: ridge;
}
.b9 {
  border-left-style: inset;
}
.b10 {
  border-left-style: outset;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The other style-related border properties: border-bottom-style, border-right-style, border-top-style, and border-style.
• The other left-border-related properties: border-left, border-left-color, and border-left-width.