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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

Posted by coty dingus
coty dingus
167 Points

how to create a border in css

what is the code for creating a border

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

  <p class="main-pg" My amazing website</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.main-pg{}

2 Answers

Shay Paustovsky
Shay Paustovsky
969 Points
Shay Paustovsky
Shay Paustovsky
969 Points

Hi Coty,

Creating a border in CSS is very simple: 

.main-pg {
  border: 2px solid brown;
}

OR

  .main-pg {
border-bottom/top/left/right 
}

The "border" property

requires 3 values to be inputted to work properly.

  • px value (border width)
  • border style (solid, dotted, dashed, etc..)
  • color (black, yellow, #441144, etc...)

Note that this in the code snippet I wrote about this is the shorthand for the border property.

It is also possible to input each property on a new line. The order in which you input the properties for the shorthand border propery don't matter. but I recommend (width(px) style color)

Hope I've helped

Happy Coding

Shay

coty dingus
coty dingus
167 Points
coty dingus
coty dingus
167 Points

thank you very much!