column-rule-style CSS property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
The column-rule-style CSS property sets the style of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.
Try it
column-rule-style: none;
column-rule-style: dotted;
column-rule-style: solid;
column-rule-style: double;
column-rule-style: ridge;
column-rule-color: #8888ff;
<section id="default-example">
<p id="example-element">
London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in
Lincoln's Inn Hall. Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets
as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it
would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so,
waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
</p>
</section>
#example-element {
columns: 3;
column-rule: solid;
text-align: left;
}
Syntax
css
/* <'border-style'> values */
column-rule-style: none;
column-rule-style: hidden;
column-rule-style: dotted;
column-rule-style: dashed;
column-rule-style: solid;
column-rule-style: double;
column-rule-style: groove;
column-rule-style: ridge;
column-rule-style: inset;
column-rule-style: outset;
/* Global values */
column-rule-style: inherit;
column-rule-style: initial;
column-rule-style: revert;
column-rule-style: revert-layer;
column-rule-style: unset;
The column-rule-style property is specified as a single <'border-style'> value.
Values
<'border-style'>-
Is a keyword defined by
border-styledescribing the style of the rule. The styling must be interpreted as in the collapsing border model.
Formal definition
| Initial value | none |
|---|---|
| Applies to | multicol elements |
| Inherited | no |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
column-rule-style =
<line-style-list> |
<auto-line-style-list>
<line-style-list> =
<line-style-or-repeat>#
<auto-line-style-list> =
<line-style-or-repeat>#? , <auto-repeat-line-style> , <line-style-or-repeat>#?
<line-style-or-repeat> =
<line-style> |
<repeat-line-style>
<auto-repeat-line-style> =
repeat( auto , [ <line-style> ]# )
<line-style> =
none |
hidden |
dotted |
dashed |
solid |
double |
groove |
ridge |
inset |
outset
<repeat-line-style> =
repeat( [ <integer [1,∞]> ] , [ <line-style> ]# )
<integer> =
<number-token>
Examples
Setting a dashed column rule
HTML
html
<p>
This is a bunch of text split into three columns. The `column-rule-style`
property is used to change the style of the line that is drawn between
columns. Don't you think that's wonderful?
</p>
CSS
css
p {
column-count: 3;
column-rule-style: dashed;
}
Result
Specifications
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- Full support
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- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
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