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Summary

Specifies the width of the border around an element. Deprecated in HTML4, not supported in HTML5. Use CSS.

Applies to	?

Examples

HTML

<img src="smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face" border="5">

Notes

Remarks

Setting a border to 0 or omitting the attribute causes no border to be displayed. Supplying the BORDER attribute without a value defaults to a single border. In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This property now applies to the object object.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 13.7.3 (Deprecated)

Compatibility

Desktop

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

Mobile

Feature	Android	BlackBerry	Chrome for mobile	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Opera Mini	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

See also

Related pages (MSDN)

• object
• img
• LayoutRect
• table
• Reference
• borderColor
• borderColorDark
• borderColorLight
• hspace
• vspace

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Portions of this content come from the Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]