CSS - outline

Description:

The outline property is a shorthand property which is used to set the width, color, and style of an outline around an element.

Possible Values:

<outline-color> Any permitted value of the property outline-color.
<outline-style> Any permitted value of the property outline-style.
<outline-width> Any permitted value of the property outline-width.

Applies to:

All the HTML elements

DOM Syntax:

object.style.outline="thin solid red";

Example:

Here is the example:

<p style="outline:thin solid red;">
This text is having thin solid red outline.
</p>
<br />
<p style="outline:thick dashed #009900;">
This text is having thick dashed green outline.
</p>
<br />
<p style="outline:5px dotted 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.