CSS - outline-style

Description:

An outline is a line that is drawn around elements, outside the border edge, to make the element "stand out". The outline-style property sets the style of the outlines.

Possible Values:

Value	Description
none	Default. Defines no outlines
dotted	Defines a dotted outline
dashed	Defines a dashed outline
solid	Defines a solid outline
double	Defines two lines around the element. The width of the two lines are the same as the outline-width value
groove	Defines a 3D grooved outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value
ridge	Defines a 3D ridged outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value
inset	Defines a 3D inset outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value
outset	Defines a 3D outset outline. The effect depends on the outline-color value

Applies to:

All the HTML elements

DOM Syntax:

object.style.outlineColor="red";

Example:

Here is the example:

<p style="outline-width:thin; outline-style:solid;
             outline-color:red">
This text is having thin solid red  outline.
</p>
<br />
<p style="outline-width:thick; outline-style:dashed;
             outline-color:#009900">

This text is having thick dashed green outline.
</p>
<br />
<p style="outline-width:5px;outline-style:dotted;
             outline-color:rgb(13,33,232)">
This text is having 5x dotted blue outline.
</p>

This will produce following result:

This text is having thin solid red outline.

This text is having thick dashed green outline.

This text is having 5x dotted blue outline.