files/en-us/web/css/border-block-start/index.md

---
title: border-block-start
slug: Web/CSS/border-block-start
page-type: css-shorthand-property
browser-compat: css.properties.border-block-start
---

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The **`border-block-start`** [CSS](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS) property is a [shorthand property](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Shorthand_properties) for setting the individual logical block-start border property values in a single place in the style sheet.

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## Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

- [`border-block-start-color`](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-block-start-color)
- [`border-block-start-style`](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-block-start-style)
- [`border-block-start-width`](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-block-start-width)

## Syntax

```css
border-block-start: 1px;
border-block-start: 2px dotted;
border-block-start: medium dashed blue;

/* Global values */
border-block-start: inherit;
border-block-start: initial;
border-block-start: revert;
border-block-start: revert-layer;
border-block-start: unset;
```

`border-block-start` can be used to set the values for one or more of {{cssxref("border-block-start-width")}}, {{cssxref("border-block-start-style")}}, and {{cssxref("border-block-start-color")}}. The physical border to which it maps depends on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the {{cssxref("border-top")}}, {{cssxref("border-right")}}, {{cssxref("border-bottom")}}, or {{cssxref("border-left")}} property depending on the values defined for {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, and {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}.

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

### Values

The `border-block-start` is specified with one or more of the following, in any order:

- `<'border-width'>`
  - : The width of the border. See {{cssxref("border-width")}}.
- `<'border-style'>`
  - : The line style of the border. See {{cssxref("border-style")}}.
- {{CSSXref("&lt;color&gt;")}}
  - : The color of the border.

## Formal definition

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## Formal syntax

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## Examples

### Border with vertical text

#### HTML

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

#### CSS

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

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  border-block-start: 5px dashed blue;
}
```

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## Specifications

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## Browser compatibility

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## See also

- [CSS Logical Properties and Values](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_logical_properties_and_values)
- This property maps to one of the physical border properties: {{cssxref("border-top")}}, {{cssxref("border-right")}}, {{cssxref("border-bottom")}}, or {{cssxref("border-left")}}.
- {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}