The border-top-width CSS property sets the width of the top border of an element.
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border-top-width
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Syntax
css
/* Keyword values */
border-top-width: thin;
border-top-width: medium;
border-top-width: thick;
/* <length> values */
border-top-width: 10em;
border-top-width: 3vmax;
border-top-width: 6px;
/* Global keywords */
border-top-width: inherit;
border-top-width: initial;
border-top-width: revert;
border-top-width: revert-layer;
border-top-width: unset;
Values
-
<line-width> -
Defines the width of the border, either as an explicit nonnegative
<length>or a keyword. If it's a keyword, it must be one of the following values:thinmediumthick
Note: Because the specification doesn't define the exact thickness denoted by each keyword, the precise result when using one of them is implementation-specific. Nevertheless, they always follow the pattern thin ≤ medium ≤ thick, and the values are constant within a single document.
Formal definition
| Initial value | medium |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements. It also applies to ::first-letter. |
| Inherited | no |
| Computed value | the absolute length or 0 if border-top-style is none or hidden |
| Animation type | a length |
Formal syntax
border-top-width =
<line-width>
<line-width> =
<length [0,∞]> |
thin |
medium |
thick
Examples
HTML
html
<div>Element 1</div>
<div>Element 2</div>
CSS
css
div {
border: 1px solid red;
margin: 1em 0;
}
div:nth-child(1) {
border-top-width: thick;
}
div:nth-child(2) {
border-top-width: 2em;
}
Result
Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
border-top-width |
1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
See also
- The other border-width-related CSS properties:
border-left-width,border-right-width,border-bottom-width, andborder-width. - The other border-top-related CSS properties:
border,border-top,border-top-style, andborder-top-color.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-top-width