outline-style

Sets the style of the outline frame.

Syntax

{outline-style: sStyle }

Possible values

sStyle

String that specifies or receives one or more of the following values:

none	Default. The border is not drawn, regardless of any outline-width.
dotted	The border is a dotted line.
dashed	The border is a dashed line.
solid	The border is a solid line.
double	The border is a double line. The outline-width property value must be at least 3 pixels for a double border to be drawn.
groove	A 3-D groove is drawn in colors based on the value.
ridge	A 3-D ridge is drawn in colors based on the value.
inset	A 3-D inset is drawn in colors based on the value.
outset	A 3-D outset is drawn in colors based on the value.
window-inset	The border is the same as inset, but is surrounded by an additional single line, drawn in colors based on the value.

This property has a default value of none. It is not inherited.

Remarks

Displaying an outline does not cause reflow, no matter how wide the outline is. The outline frame is drawn over an element, and does not influence the position or size of the box, or of any other boxes.

Standards Information

Important

This documentation is preliminary and subject to change.

Applies to

a, abbr, acronym, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, dir, div, dl, dt, em, embed, fieldset, font, form, frame, hn, hr, i, iframe, img, input type=button, input type=checkbox, input type=file, input type=image, input type=password, input type=radio, input type=reset, input type=submit, input type=text, ins, isindex, kbd, label, li, listing, marquee, menu, nobr, object, ol, p, plaintext, pre, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, td, textarea, th, tt, u, ul, var, xmp

See also

Concepts

outline
outline-color
outline-width

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