CSS Property: outline-style
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The CSS (CSS2) outline-style property specifies the
style to be used for the outline of an element.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
|
Value
|
Description
|
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dashed
|
Dashed outline
|
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dotted
|
Dotted outline
|
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double
|
Double outline
|
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groove
|
Effect depends on outline-color
value
|
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hidden
|
Hidden outline
|
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inset
|
Effect depends on outline-color
value
|
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none
|
(default value). No
outline
|
|
outset
|
Effect depends on outline-color
value
|
|
ridge
|
Effect depends on outline-color
value
|
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solid
|
Solid outline
|
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Default Value:
|
none
|
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.outlineStyle="ridge"
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Inherited:
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No
|
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {width: 100px; height: 15px; border: 1px dotted black; padding: 5px;
outline: 2px solid blue}
.x1 {outline-style: dashed}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Element with default property<br><br>
<div>abcdefgh</div><br><br>
Property set using in-file HTML style<br><br>
<div class="x1">abcdefgh</div><br><br>
Property set using JavaScript<br><br>
<div id="x2">abcdefgh</div>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.outlineStyle = "dashed";
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyOutlineStyle() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.outlineStyle = "dashed"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).outlineStyle == "dashed");
} |
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