`-webkit-border-before` CSS property

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 shorthand property sets the individual logical block start border property values in a single place in the style sheet.

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

/* 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: revert;
-webkit-border-before: revert-layer;
-webkit-border-before: unset;

Values

This property is specified as a space-separated list of one to three of the following values:

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

Description

The -webkit-border-before property 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.

The standard-track equivalent of this property is border-block-start.

Formal definition

Initial value	as each of the properties of the shorthand: `border-block-start-width` `border-block-start-style` `border-block-start-color`
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	as each of the properties of the shorthand: `border-block-start-width` `border-block-start-style` `border-block-start-color`
Animation type	as each of the properties of the shorthand: `border-block-start-width` `border-block-start-style` `border-block-start-color`

Formal syntax

-webkit-border-before = <'border-width'> || <'border-style'> || <color>

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

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`-webkit-border-before`	8	79	No	15	5.1	18	No	15	5	1.0	3	5