The border-left-style CSS property sets the line style of an element's left {{cssxref("border")}}.

{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: border-left-style")}}

```css interactive-example-choice border-left-style: none;


```css interactive-example-choice
border-left-style: dotted;

```css interactive-example-choice border-left-style: dashed;


```css interactive-example-choice
border-left-style: solid;

```css interactive-example-choice border-left-style: groove;


```css interactive-example-choice
border-left-style: inset;

```html interactive-example

This is a box with a border around it. 


```css interactive-example
#example-element {
  background-color: #eee;
  color: #000;
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

body {
  background-color: #fff;
}

[!NOTE] The specification doesn't define how borders of different styles connect in the corners.

Syntax

/* 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;

The border-left-style property is specified as a single keyword chosen from those available for the {{cssxref("border-style")}} property.

Formal syntax

{{csssyntax}}

Examples

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>

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;
}

Result

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Examples', 300, 200) }}

Specifications

{{cssinfo}}

Browser compatibility

See also

  • The other style-related border properties: {{Cssxref("border-bottom-style")}}, {{Cssxref("border-right-style")}}, {{Cssxref("border-top-style")}}, and {{Cssxref("border-style")}}.
  • The other left-border-related properties: {{Cssxref("border-left")}}, {{Cssxref("border-left-color")}}, and {{Cssxref("border-left-width")}}.