HTML Borders

The best way to create HTML borders is to actually use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Using CSS, you can create a border around any HTML element.

There are a range of CSS properties that you can use to define borders but the shorthand border property is the most concise way.

Below are some examples of what you can do with HTML, borders, and CSS.

Solid Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:1px solid blue;"> HTML borders are best created with CSS. </div>

This code results in:

HTML borders are best created with CSS.

Dotted Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px dotted blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Dashed Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px dashed blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Outset Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px outset blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Inset Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px inset blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Grooved Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px groove blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Double Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px double blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Ridged Border

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border:2px ridge blue;"> HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code? </div>

This code results in:

HTML border code - or should that read CSS border code?

Mixed Border

You can combine different border types and styles for each side of the HTML element.

<div style="width:200px;height:100px;border-width:6px;border-color:blue;border-style:dotted dashed solid double;"> Create borders for any HTML element. </div>

This code results in:

Create borders for any HTML element.