CSS Border Code Tutorials

How to set style of the top border with CSS

The code below shows you how to set the style of the top border 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-top-style: dotted;}
p.dashed {border-top-style: dashed;}
p.solid {border-top-style: solid;}
p.double {border-top-style: double;}
p.groove {border-top-style: groove;}
p.ridge {border-top-style: ridge;}
p.inset {border-top-style: inset;}
p.outset {border-top-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 a inset border.
</p>
<p class="outset">
This paragraph has a outset 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 a inset style border.

This paragraph has a outset style border.

Use the text editor below to practice what you have learned.