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This class accepts more than one value in tailwind CSS. All the properties are covered as in class form. It is the alternative to the CSS border-width property. This class is used to set the border width of all four sides of an element. The border-width property is the combination of four property

Border Width Classes:

  • border
  • border-0
  • border-2
  • border-4
  • border-8
  • border-t
  • border-t-0
  • border-t-2
  • border-t-4
  • border-t-8
  • border-r
  • border-r-0
  • border-r-2
  • border-r-4
  • border-r-8
  • border-b
  • border-b-0
  • border-b-2
  • border-b-4
  • border-b-8
  • border-l
  • border-l-0
  • border-l-2
  • border-l-4
  • border-l-8

All sides: In this section class has been used to set the border width for all sides of an element. The classes are border, border-0, border-2, border-4, and border-8.

Syntax:

<element class="border-{number}">...</element>

Example:

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
        rel="stylesheet">
</head>

<body class="text-center">
    <h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>

    <b>Tailwind CSS Border Width Class</b>
    
    <div class="mx-4 grid grid-cols-5 gap-2 bg-green-200 p-2">
    
        <!-- First sub div is not for roundig-->
        <div class="border-0 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-0
        </div>

        <div class="border border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border
        </div>
        
        <div class="border-2 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-2
        </div>
        
        <div class="border-4 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-4
        </div>
        
        <div class="border-8 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-8
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Individual sides: In this section, class has been used to set the border width for individual sides of an element. The classes are the border-{side}-0, border-{side}-2, border-{side}-4, border-{side}-8, and border-{side}.

Syntax:

<element class="border-{side}-{number}">...</element>

Example:

HTML 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
        rel="stylesheet">
</head>

<body class="text-center">
    <h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>

    <b>Tailwind CSS Border Width Class</b>
    
    <div class="mx-4 grid grid-cols-4 gap-2 bg-green-200 p-2">
    
        <!-- First sub div is not for roundig-->
        <div class="border-b-2 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-b-2
        </div>
    
        <div class="border-r-2 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-r-2
        </div>
    
        <div class="border-l-2 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-l-2
        </div>
    
        <div class="border-t-2 border-green-900 
                    bg-green-400 w-full h-12">
            border-t-2
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:


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