border-bottom-width

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

Try it

border-bottom-width: thick;

border-bottom-width: 2em;

border-bottom-width: 4px;

border-bottom-width: 2ex;

border-bottom-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: #000;
  border: 0 solid crimson;
  padding: 0.75em;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100px;
}

Syntax

css

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

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

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

Values

<line-width>

Defines the width of the border, either as an explicit nonnegative <length> or a keyword. If it's a keyword, it must be one of the following values:

thin
medium
thick

Note: Because the specification doesn't define the exact thickness denoted by each keyword, the precise result when using one of them is implementation-specific. Nevertheless, they always follow the pattern thin ≤ medium ≤ thick, and the values are constant within a single document.

Formal definition

Initial value	`medium`
Applies to	all elements. It also applies to `::first-letter`.
Inherited	no
Computed value	the absolute length or `0` if `border-bottom-style` is `none` or `hidden`
Animation type	a length

Formal syntax

border-bottom-width = 
  <line-width>  

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

Examples

Comparing bottom border widths

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

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 # the-border-width