An outline is a line drawn outside the element’s border.
CSS Outline #
An outline is a line that is drawn around elements, OUTSIDE the borders, to make the element “stand out”.
CSS has the following outline properties:
outline-styleoutline-coloroutline-widthoutline-offsetoutline
Note: Outline differs from borders! Unlike border, 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 height is not affected by the width of the outline.
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CSS Outline Style #
The outline-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 different outline-style values:
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Demonstration of the different outline styles:
p.dotted {outline-style: dotted;}
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.
