files/en-us/web/css/reference/properties/border-left-style/index.md
The border-left-style CSS property sets the line style of an element's left {{cssxref("border")}}.
[!NOTE] The specification doesn't define how borders of different styles connect in the corners.
{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: border-left-style")}}
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;
}
/* 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 {{cssxref("line-style")}} keyword value.
{{CSSInfo}}
{{csssyntax}}
<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>
/* 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;
}
{{ EmbedLiveSample('Examples', 300, 200) }}
{{Specifications}}
{{Compat}}