border-inline-start-width

The border-inline-start-width CSS property defines the width of the logical inline-start border of an element, which maps to a physical border width depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the border-top-width, border-right-width, border-bottom-width, or border-left-width property depending on the values defined for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation.

Syntax

/* <'border-width'> values */
border-inline-start-width: 5px;
border-inline-start-width: thick;

Related properties are border-block-start-width, border-block-end-width, and border-inline-end-width, which define the other border widths of the element.

Values

<'border-width'>

The width of the border. See border-width.

Formal syntax

<'border-width'>

Example

HTML Content

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS Content

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  border: 1px solid blue;
  border-inline-start-width: 5px;
}

Specification

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• This property maps to one of the physical border properties: border-top-width, border-right-width, border-bottom-width, and border-left-width
• writing-mode, direction, text-orientation