border-left-width
Sets the width of the border of the object.
Syntax
{ border-left-width:
sWidth }
Possible values
sWidth
Variant that specifies one of the following values:
medium |
Default. |
thick |
Greater than the default width. |
thin |
Less than the default width. |
width |
Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, or pc) or a relative units designator (em, ex, or px). For more information about the supported length units, see Length units reference. |
This property has a default value of medium. It is not inherited.
Examples
The following example uses the border-left-width property to specify the border width. This example uses a call to an embedded (global) style sheet to change the width of the bottom border to 1 centimeter when a mouse click occurs:
<head><style>
td { border-left-width: 3mm; }
.changeborder 1 { border-left-width: 1cm; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border >
<tr>
<td onclick="this.className='changeborder 1'" ondblclick="this.className=''">
<img src="sphere.jpg">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Standards information
This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .
Applies to
a, abbr, acronym, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, custom, dd, defaults, del, dfn, div, dl, dt, em, embed, fieldset, font, form, frame, hn, hr, i, iframe, img, input type=button, input type=checkbox, input type=file, input type=image, input type=password, input type=radio, input type=reset, input type=submit, input type=text, ins, li, object, ol, p, q, s, span, sub, table, td, th, tt, u, ul, var, xmp
See also
Concepts
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