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Style borderColor Property

Style Object Reference Style Object

Definition and Usage

The borderColor property sets or returns the color of an element's border.

This property can take from one to four values:

  • One value, like: p {border-color: red} - all four borders will be red
  • Two values, like: p {border-color: red transparent} - top and bottom border will be red, left and right border will be transparent
  • Three values, like: p {border-color: red green blue}- top border will be red, left and right border will be green, bottom border will be blue
  • Four values, like: p {border-color: red green blue yellow} - top border will be red, right border will be green, bottom border will be blue, left border will be yellow

Syntax

Set the borderColor property:

Object.style.borderColor="color|transparent|inherit"

Return the borderColor property:

Object.style.borderColor

Value Description
color Specifies the color of the border. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values
transparent The color of the border is transparent (underlying content will shine through). This is default
inherit The color of the border is inherited from the parent element


Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The borderColor property is supported in all major browsers.


Example

Example

Change the color of the four borders:

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#ex1
{
border: thick solid #FF0000;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function displayResult()
{
document.getElementById("ex1").style.borderColor="#00FF00 #0000FF";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="ex1">This is some text.</div>
<br />
<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Change color of border</button>

</body>
</html>

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