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CSS Property: border-radius

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The CSS (CSS1) border-radius property is used to add rounded corners to an element. It is a shorthand way of setting the four individual border radius properties, see:

 

-        border-top-left-radius

-        border-top-right-radius

-        border-bottom-right-radius

-        border-bottom-left-radius

 

Valid property values (other than inherit and initial) are (single-value versions) of the valid properties for each of these individual elements.

 

Default Value:

0

JavaScript syntax:

e.g. object.style.borderRadius="4px"

Inherited:

No

Animatable:

Yes

 

Depending on the number of values supplied:

 

Number supplied

E.g.

Which values are applied to which corners

1

x1

x1 applied to all four corners

2

x1 x2

x1 applied to top-left and bottom-right corners

x2 applied to top-right and bottom-left corners

3

x1 x2 x3

x1 applied to top-left corner

x2 applied to top-right and bottom-left corners

x3 applied to bottom-right corner

4

x1 x2 x3 x4

x1 applied to top-left corner

x2 applied to top-right corner

x3 applied to bottom-right corner

x4 applied to bottom-left corner

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
p {border: thin solid black; width: 200px}
p.x1 {border-radius: 10px 5px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Element 1: a paragraph with a common border property (i.e. thin, solid, black)</p>
<p class="x1">Element 2: a paragraph with a curved corners</p>
<p id="x2">Element 3: as per Element 2 but set using JavaScript</p>

<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.borderRadius = "10px 5px";
</script>

</body>
</html>

FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyBorderRadius() {
  var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.borderRadius = "10px 5px"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).borderRadius == "10px 5px");
}


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