CSS border-right
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Published Jun 28, 2021Updated Oct 20, 2023
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Shorthand property that defines the width, color, and style of the right border of an element.
Syntax
border-right: <value>;
By default, border-right will have a style of none and a width of medium.
The default color is the value of the color property or text color.
<value> can be one of the following:
border-stylechanges the shape or design of the border to one of the 10 available styles.border-widthchanges the thickness of the border.border-colorchanges the border color.
Note: values can be provided in any order.
Example 1
Set the right border of the h1 element to be green, 3 pixels thick, and dotted:
h1 {width: fit-content;border-right: green 3px dotted;}
Example 2
Set the right border of the h1 element to be 4 pixels thick, dashed, and blue:
h1 {width: fit-content;border-right: 4px dashed #0000ff;}
Example 3
Set the right border of the h1 element to be solid and black. Since a width is
not specified, it will default to medium.
h1 {width: fit-content;border-right: rgb(0, 0, 0) solid;}
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