{"id":34004,"date":"2023-08-04T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=34004"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:12:08","slug":"border-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/border-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selecting a border type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/border-type.png\" alt=\"The border type panel\" class=\"wp-image-34007\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most elements do not have visible borders by default. Use <strong>Border Type<\/strong> to create a visible border around the element. These borders help the element stand out and differentiate it from other elements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borders come in one of five types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>Solid<\/strong> single line around the element<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A solid <strong>Double<\/strong> line around the element&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A single <strong>Dotted<\/strong> line around the element<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A single <strong>Dashed<\/strong> line around the element<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>Groove<\/strong> border which appears like a picture frame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you elect use a border, you can use the <strong>Width<\/strong> counter to select a width, choose a <strong>Color <\/strong>with either&nbsp; the<a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=129\"> color picker<\/a> or use a<a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/how-do-i-use-global-fonts-and-colors\/\"> global color&nbsp;<\/a> and change the <strong>Border Radius<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Border Radius<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"33882\" class=\"elementor elementor-33882\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6deabba9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6deabba9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16c4c602\" data-id=\"16c4c602\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1f96f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d1f96f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The border radius tool allows you to adjust the shape of elements by rounding their corners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are two types of border radius controls &#8211; slider and counter.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To adjust the radius with a slider control, s<\/span>lide the control back and forth until you have the desired effect.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To adjust the radius with the counter control, use<\/span>\u00a0the four counters to adjust each individual corner.<\/li><\/ul><p>Depending on the element, these measurements can be based on\u00a0 percentage, pixels, or other measurements. 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These borders help the element stand out and differentiate it from other elements.&nbsp; Borders come in one of five types: If you elect use a border, you can use the Width [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65b0f1e67fc3e17331a4df07"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-functionality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Create a border | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about Create a border in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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