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border-left-style

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.

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: unset;

The border-left-style property is specified as a single keyword chosen from those available for the border-style property.

Formal syntax

<line-style>where 
<line-style> = none | hidden | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset

Examples

HTML

<table>
  <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>
</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

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 The definition of 'border-left-style' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	No significant change.
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'border-left-style' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Initial value	`none`
Applies to	all elements. It also applies to `::first-letter`.
Inherited	no
Media	visual
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	12	1 1 Prior to Firefox 50, border styles of rounded corners (with `border-radius`) were always rendered as if `border-bottom-style` was `solid`. This has been fixed in Firefox 50.	5.5	9.2	1

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	2.3	Yes	Yes	14 14 Prior to Firefox 50, border styles of rounded corners (with `border-radius`) were always rendered as if `border-bottom-style` was `solid`. This has been fixed in Firefox 50.	Yes	Yes	Yes