Web/CSS/-webkit-border-before

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Non-standard This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.


The -webkit-border-before CSS property is a shorthand property for setting the individual logical block start border property values in a single place in the style sheet.

/* Border values */
-webkit-border-before: 1px;
-webkit-border-before: 2px dotted;
-webkit-border-before: medium dashed blue;

/* Global values */
-webkit-border-before: inherit;
-webkit-border-before: initial;
-webkit-border-before: unset;

-webkit-border-before can be used to set the values for one or more of: -webkit-border-before-width, -webkit-border-before-style, and -webkit-border-before-color. It maps to a physical border depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the border-top, border-right, border-bottom, or border-left property depending on the values defined for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation.

It relates to -webkit-border-after, -webkit-border-start, and -webkit-border-end, which define the other borders of the element.

This property is on the standard track as border-block-start.

Syntax

Values

One or more of the following, in any order:

<'border-width'>
See border-width
<'border-style'>
See border-style
<'color'>
See color

Formal definition

Initial value

as each of the properties of the shorthand:

Applies to all elements
Inherited yes
Percentages

as each of the properties of the shorthand:

Computed value

as each of the properties of the shorthand:

Animation type discrete

Formal syntax

<'border-width'> || <'border-style'> || <'color'>where <color> = <rgb()> | <rgba()> | <hsl()> | <hsla()> | <hex-color> | <named-color> | currentcolor | <deprecated-system-color>where <rgb()> = rgb( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgb( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgb( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )<rgba()> = rgba( <percentage>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <number>{3} [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | rgba( <percentage>#{3} , <alpha-value>? ) | rgba( <number>#{3} , <alpha-value>? )<hsl()> = hsl( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsl( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )<hsla()> = hsla( <hue> <percentage> <percentage> [ / <alpha-value> ]? ) | hsla( <hue>, <percentage>, <percentage>, <alpha-value>? )where <alpha-value> = <number> | <percentage><hue> = <number> | <angle>

Examples

Applying a border with vertical text

HTML

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  -webkit-border-before: 5px dashed blue;
}

Result

Specifications

Not part of any standard, but it relates to the standards-track border-block-start property.

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari Android webview Chrome for Android Firefox for Android Opera for Android Safari on iOS Samsung Internet

-webkit-border-before

Non-standard'

Chrome

Full support 8

Edge

Full support 79

Firefox

No support No

IE

No support No

Opera

Full support 15

Safari

Full support 5.1

WebView Android

Full support 37

Chrome Android

Full support 18

Firefox Android

No support No

Opera Android

Full support 15

Safari iOS

Full support 5.1

Samsung Internet Android

Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  
Full support
No support  
No support
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.'
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.


See also