CSSOutline
An outline is a line drawn around an element, outside the element's border.
This element has a black border and a green outline with a width of 10px.
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CSS Outline
An outline is a line that is drawn around elements, OUTSIDE the borders, to make the element "stand out".
Note: Outline differs fromborders! The outline is drawn outside the element's border, and may overlap other content. Also, the outline is NOT a part of the element's dimensions; the element's total width and heightis not affected by the width of the outline.
CSS has the following outline properties:
outline-style- Specifies the style of the outlineoutline-color- Specifies the color of the outlineoutline-width- Specifies the width of the outlineoutline-offset- Adds space between the outline and the edge/border of an elementoutline- A shorthand property
CSS The outline-style Property
Theoutline-style property specifies the style of the outline, and can have one of the following values:
dotted- Defines a dotted outlinedashed- Defines a dashed outlinesolid- Defines a solid outlinedouble- Defines a double outlinegroove- Defines a 3D grooved outlineridge- Defines a 3D ridged outlineinset- Defines a 3D inset outlineoutset- Defines a 3D outset outlinenone- Defines no outlinehidden- Defines a hidden outline
The following example shows the differentoutline-style values:
Example
Demonstration of the different outline styles:
p.dashed {outline-style: dashed;}
p.solid {outline-style: solid;}
p.double {outline-style: double;}
p.groove {outline-style: groove;}
p.ridge {outline-style: ridge;}
p.inset {outline-style: inset;}
p.outset {outline-style: outset;}
Result:
A dotted outline.
A dashed outline.
A solid outline.
A double outline.
A groove outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value.
A ridge outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value.
An inset outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value.
An outset outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value.
Note: None of the other outline properties (which you will learn more about in the next chapters) will have ANY effect unless theoutline-style property is set!
