---
title: border-inline-start-style
slug: Web/CSS/border-inline-start-style
tags:
  - CSS
  - CSS Logical Property
  - CSS Property
  - Experimental
  - Reference
  - border-inline
  - border-inline-start
  - border-inline-start-style
  - border-inline-style
  - recipe:css-property
browser-compat: css.properties.border-inline-start-style
---
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The **`border-inline-start-style`** [CSS](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS) property defines the style of the logical inline start border of an element, which maps to a physical border style depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the {{cssxref("border-top-style")}}, {{cssxref("border-right-style")}}, {{cssxref("border-bottom-style")}}, or {{cssxref("border-left-style")}} property depending on the values defined for {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, and {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}.

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## Syntax

```css
/* <'border-style'> values */
border-inline-start-style: dashed;
border-inline-start-style: dotted;
border-inline-start-style: revert;
border-inline-start-style: groove;
```

Related properties are {{cssxref("border-block-start-style")}}, {{cssxref("border-block-end-style")}}, and {{cssxref("border-inline-end-style")}}, which define the other border styles of the element.

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### Values

- `<'border-style'>`
  - : The line style of the border. See {{ cssxref("border-style") }}.

## Formal definition

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## Formal syntax

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## Examples

### HTML

```html
<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>
```

### CSS

```css
div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  border: 5px solid blue;
  border-inline-start-style: dashed;
}
```

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## Specifications

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## Browser compatibility

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## See also

- This property maps to one of the physical border properties: {{cssxref("border-top-style")}}, {{cssxref("border-right-style")}}, {{cssxref("border-bottom-style")}}, or {{cssxref("border-left-style")}}.
- {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}
