--- title: border-left-style slug: Web/CSS/border-left-style translation_of: Web/CSS/border-left-style --- <div>{{CSSRef}}</div> <p>The <strong><code>border-left-style</code></strong> <a href="/en-US/docs/CSS" title="CSS">CSS</a> property sets the line style of an element's left {{cssxref("border")}}.</p> <div>{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/css/border-left-style.html")}}</div> <div class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The specification doesn't define how borders of different styles connect in the corners.</div> <h2 id="Syntax" name="Syntax">Syntax</h2> <pre class="brush:css no-line-numbers">/* 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; </pre> <p>The <code>border-left-style</code> property is specified as a single keyword chosen from those available for the {{cssxref("border-style")}} property.</p> <h3 id="Formal_syntax">Formal syntax</h3> {{csssyntax}} <h2 id="Examples" name="Examples">Examples</h2> <h4 id="HTML">HTML</h4> <pre class="brush: 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></pre> <h4 id="CSS">CSS</h4> <pre class="brush: 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;}</pre> <p>Result</p> <p>{{ EmbedLiveSample('Examples', 300, 200) }}</p> <h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col">Specification</th> <th scope="col">Status</th> <th scope="col">Comment</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Backgrounds', '#the-border-style', 'border-left-style')}}</td> <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Backgrounds')}}</td> <td>No significant change.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>{{SpecName('CSS2.1', 'box.html#border-style-properties', 'border-left-style')}}</td> <td>{{Spec2('CSS2.1')}}</td> <td>Initial definition.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>{{cssinfo}}</p> <h2 id="Browser_compatibility" name="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2> <p>{{Compat("css.properties.border-left-style")}}</p> <h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>The other style-related border properties: {{Cssxref("border-bottom-style")}}, {{Cssxref("border-right-style")}}, {{Cssxref("border-top-style")}}, and {{Cssxref("border-style")}}.</li> <li>The other left-border-related properties: {{Cssxref("border-left")}}, {{Cssxref("border-left-color")}}, and {{Cssxref("border-left-width")}}.</li> </ul>