border-left-width

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-left-width CSS property sets the width of the left border of an element.

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Syntax

css
/* Keyword values */
border-left-width: thin;
border-left-width: medium;
border-left-width: thick;

/* <length> values */
border-left-width: 10em;
border-left-width: 3vmax;
border-left-width: 6px;

/* Global keywords */
border-left-width: inherit;
border-left-width: initial;
border-left-width: revert;
border-left-width: revert-layer;
border-left-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:

  • thin
  • medium
  • thick

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 valuemedium
Applies toall elements. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inheritedno
Computed valuethe absolute length or 0 if border-left-style is none or hidden
Animation typea length

Formal syntax

border-left-width = 
  <line-width>  

<line-width> = 
  <length [0,∞]>  |
  thin            |
  medium          |
  thick

Examples

Comparing border widths

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-left-width: thick;
}
div:nth-child(2) {
  border-left-width: 2em;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3
# the-border-width

Browser compatibility

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See also