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CSS Outline Offset

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CSS Outline Offset

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Overview

The outline-offset property adds a space between an outline and the edge/border of an element. The space between an element and its outline is transparent. The following example specifies an outline 15px outside the border edge: This paragraph has a black border and a red outline 15px outside the border edge.

Example p {
margin: 30px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid black;

outline:

3px solid red;
outline-offset: 15px;
}
The following example shows that the space between an element's border and its outline is transparent:

This paragraph has an outline of 15px outside the border edge.

Example p {
margin: 30px;
padding: 5px;

background:

yellow;
border: 1px solid black;

outline:

3px solid red;
outline-offset: 15px;
}

CSS Outline Offset with Negative Value

The following example shows the use of an outline-offset with a negative value, now the outline will be placed inside the border edge:

Formula

This paragraph has a black border and a red outline - 5px inside the border edge.
Example p {
margin: 30px;
padding: 5px;

background:

yellow;
border: 1px solid black;

outline:

3px solid red;
outline-offset: -5px;
}

All CSS Outline Properties

Property

Description outline

Formula

A shorthand property for setting outline - width, outline - style, and outline - color in one declaration outline - color

Sets the color of an outline outline-offset

Formula

Specifies the space between an outline and the edge or border of an element outline - style

Sets the style of an outline outline-width

Sets the width of an outline

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