border-left-color Attribute | borderLeftColor Property

Sets or retrieves the color of the left border of the object.

Syntax

HTML { border-left-color : sColor }
Scripting object.style.borderLeftColor [ = sColor ]

Possible Values

sColor Variant that specifies or receives one of the color names or RGB values in the Color Table.
The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has no default value. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

As of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5, this property applies to inline elements. With earlier versions of Internet Explorer, inline elements must have an absolute?A HREF="../properties/position.html">position or layout to use this property. Element layout is set by providing a value for the height property or the width property.
Some browsers do not recognize color names, but all browsers should recognize RGB color values and display them correctly.

Examples

The following examples use the border-left-color attribute and the borderLeftColor property to specify the color of the left border.
This example uses a call to an embedded (global) style sheet to change the color of the left border from red to blue when an onmouseover event occurs.
<HEAD>
<STYLE>
TD { border-left-color: red;
border-width: 0.5cm; border-style: groove}
.blue { border-left-color: blue}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR>
<TD onmouseover="this.className='blue'"
onmouseout="this.className=''">
<IMG src="sphere.jpg">
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
This example uses inline scripting to change the color of the left border from red to blue when an onmouseover event occurs.
<TD onmouseover="this.style.borderWidth='0.5cm';
this.style.borderLeftColor='blue'">
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 (CSS2) .

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, currentStyle, CUSTOM, DD, defaults, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP