The code below shows you how to set the style of the four borders around an HTML element with CSS.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Web Development Tutorials.com</title>
<style type="text/css">
p.dotted {border-style: dotted;}
p.dashed {border-style: dashed;}
p.solid {border-style: solid;}
p.double {border-style: double;}
p.groove {border-style: groove;}
p.ridge {border-style: ridge;}
p.inset {border-style: inset;}
p.outset {border-style: outset;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="dotted">
This paragraph has a "dotted" style border.
</p>
<p class="dashed">
This paragraph has a "dashed" style border.
</p>
<p class="solid">
This paragraph has a "solid" style border.
</p>
<p class="double">
This paragraph has a "double" style border.
</p>
<p class="groove">
This paragraph has a "groove" style border.
</p>
<p class="ridge">
This paragraph has a "ridge" style border.
</p>
<p class="inset">
This paragraph has an "inset" style border.
</p>
<p class="outset">
This paragraph has an "outset" style border.
</p>
</body>
</html>
The code above creates the paragraphs below.
This paragraph has a "dotted" style border.
This paragraph has a "dashed" style border.
This paragraph has a "solid" style border.
This paragraph has a "double" style border.
This paragraph has a "groove" style border.
This paragraph has a "ridge" style border.
This paragraph has an "inset" style border.
This paragraph has an "outset" style border.
Use the text editor below to practice what you have learned.
