Hi guys, today we will talk about… BORDERS! The CSS border is something that you will most probably use almost every day, if you’re front-end developer, of course. I’ve found a few useful (some more, some less, some just funny) tips and tricks that you can use in your project.

1. CSS Border With
Examples Tutorial
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2. Introduction to CSS border examples
Hi guys, today we will talk about…
BORDERS!
The CSS border is something that you will
most probably use almost every day, if
you’re front-end developer, of course.
I’ve found a few useful (some more, some
less, some just funny) tips and tricks
that you can use in your project.
Let’s start!

3. If you prefer video here is the youtube
version.
Wystąpił błąd.
CSS Border examples youtube lub włącz JavaScript, jeśli jest wyłączony w Twojej
przeglądarce.

4. 1. Animated CSS border
What to do when we would like to make our
item more visible?
Let’s animate it!
We can animate our borders, even without
changing the size of the element, and
it’s very easy.
To do that, we just need to create a
custom keyframe for the animation and use
it in the animation param inside our
element’s CSS code.
Let’s take a look at the example:
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/OJyzzpN

5. 2. CSS Border images
Have you ever imagine donuts around your
element?
Now you can add them by pure CSS without
too much effort.
To do it, you need to use the border-
image attribute in your element’s CSS
code.
Let’s take a look at the example:
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/PoPEEVp

6. 3. Snake style CSS border
What if we need a double-color ultra
visible border?
We can wear a snake uniform and color it
however we want.
Let’s try the code from the example:
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/LYpeded

7. 4. Stairs Style CSS border
Have you ever tried to add 3d style
border around your div?
Adding some multi-color depth into our
element is very easy. We simply need a
few box-shadows in the CSS.
Let’s test our example!
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/MWarGeO

8. 5. Only shadow CSS border
Sometimes we need to add a border to the
ready design, but adding a few more
pixels would be a bit problematic.
It could change the position of the
elements.
Not anymore!
Now we can use box-shadow around our
element as a border, take a look in the
code.
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/MWarGEQ

9. 6. CSS border with shadow and outline
We can achieve a similar effect to the
snake-style in a few ways.
Next, one of them is mixing box-shadow
and outline param in the CSS of our
element.
Let’s take a look.
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/pojpVOL

10. 7. Few shadows and outline css border
We can even create a few colors and
elements in our border.
To do that, we need to mix box-shadows
and outline, like in the example below.
Let’s experiments with that a bit.
Codepen:
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/gOaozEg

11. 8. Double CSS border with box-shadow
We can also mix just a border with some
box-shadow and outline.
That will create a lovely effect of a
line with spikes, like in the example
below.
Let’s check the code!
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/YzyYLmq

12. 9. Multi-color CSS border
And what if we would like to color our
borders a bit more than in the previous
examples?
We can even set up every wall of the
element in a different color.
To achieve that, we will need some custom
background with the gradient inside.
Take a look at the example below.
https://codepen.io/duomly/pen/ExVoRjq

13. Conclusion of CSS border examples
Ok, it was the last one of the ideas for
now.
I hope you like them, and those few will
be useful for you.
Feel free to test them, experiment, and
show in comments what ideas you found to
make borders different.
Congratulations, you are the borders
expert now!
Thanks for Reading,
Radek from Duomly

14. Table of contents:
• Introduction to CSS border examples
• 1. Animated CSS border
• 2. CSS Border images
• 3. Snake style CSS border
• 4. Stairs Style CSS border
• 5. Only shadow CSS border
• 6. CSS border with shadow and outline
• 7. Few shadows and outline
• 8. Double CSS border with box-shadow
• 9. Multi-color CSS border
• Conclusion of CSS border examples