border-top-width CSS property

The border-top-width CSS property sets the width of the top border of an element.

Try it

border-top-width: thick;
border-top-width: 2em;
border-top-width: 4px;
border-top-width: 2ex;
border-top-width: 0;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    This is a box with a border around it.
  </div>
</section>
#example-element {
  background-color: palegreen;
  color: black;
  border: 0 solid crimson;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

Syntax

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

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

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

Values

<line-width>

Defines the width of the border, either as an explicit non-negative <length> or the keywords: thin, medium, or thick. The default is medium.

Formal definition

Initial valuemedium
Applies toall elements. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inheritedno
Computed valuethe absolute <length>, snapped as a line width
Animation typea length

Formal syntax

border-top-width = 
  <line-width>  

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

Examples

undefined

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

Result

Specifications

See also