`border-top-style` CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It's been available across browsers since July 2015.

The border-top-style CSS property sets the line style of an element's top border.

Note: The specification doesn't define how borders of different styles connect in the corners.

Try it

border-top-style: none;

border-top-style: dotted;

border-top-style: dashed;

border-top-style: solid;

border-top-style: groove;

border-top-style: inset;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    This is a box with a border around it.
  </div>
</section>

#example-element {
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  color: black;
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

body {
  background-color: white;
}

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
border-top-style: none;
border-top-style: hidden;
border-top-style: dotted;
border-top-style: dashed;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-style: double;
border-top-style: groove;
border-top-style: ridge;
border-top-style: inset;
border-top-style: outset;

/* Global values */
border-top-style: inherit;
border-top-style: initial;
border-top-style: revert;
border-top-style: revert-layer;
border-top-style: unset;

The border-top-style property is specified as a single <line-style> keyword value.

Formal definition

Initial value	none
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

border-top-style = 
  <line-style>

<line-style> = 
  none |
  hidden |
  dotted |
  dashed |
  solid |
  double |
  groove |
  ridge |
  inset |
  outset

Examples

Setting border-top-style

HTML

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td class="b1">none</td>
      <td class="b2">hidden</td>
      <td class="b3">dotted</td>
      <td class="b4">dashed</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td class="b5">solid</td>
      <td class="b6">double</td>
      <td class="b7">groove</td>
      <td class="b8">ridge</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td class="b9">inset</td>
      <td class="b10">outset</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

CSS

/* Define look of the table */
table {
  border-width: 2px;
  background-color: #52e385;
}
tr,
td {
  padding: 3px;
}

/* border-top-style example classes */
.b1 {
  border-top-style: none;
}
.b2 {
  border-top-style: hidden;
}
.b3 {
  border-top-style: dotted;
}
.b4 {
  border-top-style: dashed;
}
.b5 {
  border-top-style: solid;
}
.b6 {
  border-top-style: double;
}
.b7 {
  border-top-style: groove;
}
.b8 {
  border-top-style: ridge;
}
.b9 {
  border-top-style: inset;
}
.b10 {
  border-top-style: outset;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 # border-style

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
`border-top-style`	1	12	1 Before Firefox 50, border styles of rounded corners (with `border-radius`) were always rendered as if `border-top-style` was `solid`. This has been fixed in Firefox 50.	9.2	1	18	4 Before Firefox for Android 50, border styles of rounded corners (with `border-radius`) were always rendered as if `border-top-style` was `solid`. This has been fixed in Firefox for Android 50.	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`dashed`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`dotted`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`double`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`groove`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`hidden`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`inset`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`none`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`outset`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`ridge`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1
`solid`	1	12	1	15	1	18	4	14	1	1.0	4.4	1