The border-top-width property in CSS is used to set a specific width to the top border of an element. The border-top-style or border-style property is used for the element before using the border-top-width property.
Default Value: medium
Syntax:
border-top-width: length|thin|medium|thick|initial|inherit;
Property Values: The border-top-width property values are listed below:
- length: It is used to set the width of the border. It does not take a negative value.
- thin: It is used to set the thin border at the top of the element.
- medium: It is used to set a medium-sized top border. It is the default value.
- thick: It is used to set the thick top border.
- initial: It is used to set the border-top-width to its default value.
- inherit: This property is inherited from its parent.
Example: In this article, we are using the above-explained property.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
border-top-width property
</ title >
< style >
#thin {
border-color: green;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: thin;
}
#medium {
border-color: green;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: medium;
}
#thick {
border-color: green;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: thick;
}
#length {
border-color: green;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: 20px;
}
#initial {
border-color: green;
border-top-style: solid;
border-top-width: initial;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body style = "text-align:center" >
< h1 style = "color:green" >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h3 >border-top-width property</ h3 >
< div id = "thin" >
border-top-width: thin;
</ div >< br >< br >
< div id = "medium" >
border-top-width: medium;
</ div >< br >< br >
< div id = "thick" >
border-top-width: thick;
</ div >< br >< br >
< div id = "length" >
border-top-width: length;
</ div >< br >< br >
< div id = "initial" >
border-top-width: initial;
</ div >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by border-top-width property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0 and above
- Edge 12.0 and above
- Internet Explorer 4.0 and above
- Opera 3.5 and above
- Safari 1.0 and above
- Firefox 1.0 and above