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I want to change the color of my hr tag using CSS. The code I've tried below doesn't seem to work:
hr {
color: #123455;
}
I think you should use border-color instead of color, if your intention is to change the color of the line produced by <hr> tag.
Although, it has been pointed in comments that, if you change the size of your line, border will still be as wide as you specified in styles, and line will be filled with the default color (which is not a desired effect most of the time). So it seems like in this case you would also need to specify background-color (as suggested by #Ibu).
HTML 5 Boilerplate project in its default stylesheet specifies the following rule:
hr {
display: block;
height: 1px;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
margin: 1em 0;
padding: 0;
}
An article titled “12 Little-Known CSS Facts”, published recently by SitePoint, mentions that <hr> can set its border-color to its parent's color if you specify hr { border-color: inherit }.
border-color works in Chrome and Safari.
background-color works in Firefox and Opera.
color works in IE7+.
I think this can be useful. this was simple CSS selector.
hr { background-color: red; height: 1px; border: 0; }
<hr>
hr {
height: 1px;
color: #123455;
background-color: #123455;
border: none;
}
Doing it this way allows you to change the height if needed. Good luck. Source: How To Style HR with CSS
Tested in Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari.
hr {
border-top: 1px solid red;
}
See the Fiddle.
Only border-top with color is enough to make the line in different color.
hr {
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}
<hr>
This will keep the Horizontal Rule 1px thick while also changing the color of it:
hr {
height: 0;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #083972;
}
hr {
color: #f00;
background-color: #f00;
height: 5px;
}
After reading all the answers here, and seeing the complexity described, I set upon a small diversion for experimenting with HR. And, the conclusion is that you can throw out most of the monkeypatched CSS you wrote, read this small primer and just use these two lines of pure CSS:
hr {
border-style: solid;
border-color: cornflowerblue; /* or whatever */
}
That is ALL you need to style your HRs.
Works cross-browser, cross-device, cross-os, cross-english-channel, cross-ages.
No "I think this will work...", "you need to keep Safari/IE in mind...", etc.
no extra css - no height, width, background-color, color, etc. involved.
Just bulletproof colourful HRs. It's that simpleTM.
Bonus: To give the HR some height H, just set the border-width as H/2.
I believe this is the most effective approach:
<hr style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc; background: transparent;">
Or if you prefer doing it on all hr elements write this on you CSS:
hr {
background-color: transparent;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}
hr {
background-color: #123455;
}
The background is the one you should try to change.
You can also work with the borders color. I am not sure; I think there are cross-browser issues with this. You should test it in different browsers.
You can add bootstrap bg class like
<hr class="bg-light" />
if u use css class then it will be taken by all 'hr' tags , but if u want for a particular 'hr' use the below code i.e, inline css
<hr style="color:#99CC99" />
if it's not working in chrome try below code:
<hr color="red" />
Some browsers use the color attribute and some use the background-color attribute. To be safe:
hr {
color: #color;
background-color: #color;
}
It's simple and my favorite.
<hr style="background-color: #dd3333" />
I'm testing on IE, Firefox and Chrome May 2015 and this works best with the current versions. It centers the HR and makes it 70% wide:
hr.light {
width:70%;
margin:0 auto;
border:0px none white;
border-top:1px solid lightgrey;
}
<hr class="light" />
You should set border-width to 0; It works well in Firefox and Chrome.
hr {
clear: both;
color: red;
background-color: red;
height: 1px;
border-width: 0;
}
<hr />
This is a test
<hr />
Since i don't have reputation to comment, i will give here a few ideas.
if you want a css variable height, take off all borders and give a background color.
hr{
height:2px;
border:0px;
background:green;
margin:0px;/*sometimes useful*/
}
/*Doesn't work in ie7 and below and in Quirks Mode*/
if you want simply a style that you know that will work (example: to replace a border in a ::before element for most email clients or
hr{
height:0px;
border:0px;
border-top:2px solid blue;
margin:0px;/*useful sometimes*/
}
In both ways, if you set a width, it will always have it's size.
No need to set display:block; for this.
To be totally safe, you can mix both, 'cause some browsers can get confused with height:0px;:
hr{
height:1px;
border:0px;
background:blue;
border-top:1px solid blue;
margin:0px;/*useful sometimes*/
}
With this method you can be sure that it will have at least 2px in height.
It's a line more, but safety is safety.
This is the method you should use to be compatible with almost everything.
Remember: Gmail only detects inline css and some email clients may not support backgrounds or borders. If one fails, you will still have a 1px line. Better than nothing.
In the worst cases, you can try to add color:blue;.
In the worst of the worst cases, you can try to use a <font color="blue"></font> tag and put your precious <hr/> tag inside it. It will inherit the <font></font> tag color.
With this method, you WILL want to do like this: <hr width="50" align="left"/>.
Example:
<span>
awhieugfrafgtgtfhjjygfjyjg
<font color="#42B3E5"><hr width="50" align="left"/></font>
</span>
<!--Doesn't work in ie7 and below and in Quirks Mode-->
Here is a link for you to check: http://jsfiddle.net/sna2D/
You can use CSS to make a line with a different color, example would be like that:
border-left: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216);
border-right: medium none;
border-width: medium medium medium 2px;
border-style: none none none solid;
border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(216, 216, 216);
that code will display vertical grey line.
I like the answers setting border-top, but they are somehow still a little off in Chrome...
BUT if I set border-top: 1px solid black; and border-bottom: 0px; I end up with a truly single line (that also works fine with higher thickness).
Well, I am new in HTML, CSS and in Java but I tried my way which worked for me in all browsers. I have used JS instead of CSS which doesn't work with some browsers.
First of all I have given id="myHR" to HR element and used it in Java Script.
Here is the Code.
x = document.getElementById("myHR");
y = x.style.width = "600px";
y = x.style.color = "white";
y = x.style.height = "2px";
y = x.style.border = "none";
y = x.style.backgroundColor = "lightgrey";
Code Works For older IE
Tried For Many Colors
<hr color="black">
<hr color="blue">
Using font colours to modify horizontal rules makes them more flexible and easy to use.
The color property isn't inherited by default, so the following needs to be added to hr's to allow color inheritance:
/* allow hr to inherit color */
hr { border: 1px solid;}
/* reusable colour modifier */
.fc_-alpha { color: crimson;}
normal hr:
<hr>
hr with <span class="fc_-alpha">colour modifier</span>:
<hr class="fc_-alpha">
You could do this :
hr {
border: 1px solid red;
}
<hr />
This s a test
<hr />
You can give the <hr noshade> tag and go to your css file and add :
hr {
border-top:0;
color: #123455;
}
<hr noshade />
This s a test
<hr noshade />
As a general rule, you can’t just set the color of a horizontal line with CSS like you would anything else.
First of all, Internet Explorer needs the color in your CSS to read like this:
“color: #123455”
But Opera and Mozilla needs the color in your CSS to read like this:
“background-color: #123455”
So, you will need to add both options to your CSS.
Next, you will need to give the horizontal line some dimensions or it will default to the standard height, width and color set by your browser.
Here is a sample code of what your CSS should look like to get the blue horizontal line.
hr {
border: 0;
width: 100%;
color: #123455;
background-color: #123455;
height: 5px;
}
Or you could just add the style to your HTML page directly when you insert a horizontal line, like this:
<hr style="background:#123455" />
Hope this helps.
I took a bet each way:
hr {
border-top: 1px solid purple;
border-color: purple;
background-color: purple;
color: purple;
}
I would like to use the color #644220 for the border of my input field. I have tried it like this:
HTML
<input class="my_border" type="text">
CSS
.my_border {
width:100%;
padding: 20px;
outline: none;
border-width: 0 0 1px 50px;
border-color: #644220;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/9dss92v6/1/
When I use red or any other HEX code, it will work for me. It won't only accept the code #644220. And #644220 is an existing color as you see here.
Not even the RGB code (border-color: rgb(100, 66, 32);) is working.
What is wrong with it?
From MDN:
Note: The default value of border-style is none. This means that if
you change the border-width and the border-color, you will not see the
border unless you change this property to something other than none or
hidden.
Now I assume that browsers are not following this and they show some solid default border by default. [1]
You need to define a style for your border for example solid
border-style: solid;
Demo
[1] Was playing further with this, turns out that it's weird behavior I think from the browsers point of view. If am using a word like red or tomato as color names, it works but still, the color is not the one we expect it to be for example this vs this.
I will update this thread if I got any solid reasoning for this.
Edit 3:
Debugging further, it turns out that the default value Chrome sets is inset for border, i.e, border-style: inset;, which has grayish border which is like a shadow. Hence, your color does render but it mixes with the inset border being set by Chrome defaults. Now am not sure why the color is not overridden by the color declaration you have in your stylesheet, might be a bug.
Add border-style for it:
.my_border {
width:100%;
padding: 20px;
outline: none;
border-width: 0 0 1px 50px;
border-color: #644220;
border-style: solid;
}
You may want to combine the properties of your border in one line like this:
.my_border {
width:100%;
padding: 20px;
outline: none;
border: 10px solid #644220;
}
You can always change the thickness of the border. I made it in 10px so it will be visible.
Has anyone come across a solution for border collapse on tables not working in IE10?
I have tables on web sites used where needed, and they display fine in all other browsers, but Since IE 10 the borders are way to thick.
Above question may be a few months old, but today I've ran into the same problem and thought I could at least provide some possible solution, even though it's not an ideal one.
As the problem describes, using border-collapse causes a thick border in IE10, even though there are no borders that would add up. When leaving out border-collapse, the border-width remains its normal thickness. However, leaving out border-width results in space between cells.
The only possible alternative to get the desired result is to not use border-collapse at all. Instead, use 'border-spacing:0px;' to get rid of the spaces between cells and define borders very specifically.
Example:
This
table{
border-collapse: collapse;
}
table td{
border: 1px solid black;
}
Would become
table{
border-spacing: 0px;
border-top: 1px solid black;
border-right: 1px solid black;
}
table td{
border-left: 1px solid black;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}
Like I said before: it's not ideal, but at least it would give the desired cross-browser result.
Note: the problem in IE10 only occurs when using a border-width of 1px. A border-width of 1px will result in 2px when using border-collapse:collapse; in IE10. When using a higher border-width, the result will be normal.
I want to change the color of my hr tag using CSS. The code I've tried below doesn't seem to work:
hr {
color: #123455;
}
I think you should use border-color instead of color, if your intention is to change the color of the line produced by <hr> tag.
Although, it has been pointed in comments that, if you change the size of your line, border will still be as wide as you specified in styles, and line will be filled with the default color (which is not a desired effect most of the time). So it seems like in this case you would also need to specify background-color (as suggested by #Ibu).
HTML 5 Boilerplate project in its default stylesheet specifies the following rule:
hr {
display: block;
height: 1px;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
margin: 1em 0;
padding: 0;
}
An article titled “12 Little-Known CSS Facts”, published recently by SitePoint, mentions that <hr> can set its border-color to its parent's color if you specify hr { border-color: inherit }.
border-color works in Chrome and Safari.
background-color works in Firefox and Opera.
color works in IE7+.
I think this can be useful. this was simple CSS selector.
hr { background-color: red; height: 1px; border: 0; }
<hr>
hr {
height: 1px;
color: #123455;
background-color: #123455;
border: none;
}
Doing it this way allows you to change the height if needed. Good luck. Source: How To Style HR with CSS
Tested in Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari.
hr {
border-top: 1px solid red;
}
See the Fiddle.
Only border-top with color is enough to make the line in different color.
hr {
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}
<hr>
This will keep the Horizontal Rule 1px thick while also changing the color of it:
hr {
height: 0;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #083972;
}
hr {
color: #f00;
background-color: #f00;
height: 5px;
}
After reading all the answers here, and seeing the complexity described, I set upon a small diversion for experimenting with HR. And, the conclusion is that you can throw out most of the monkeypatched CSS you wrote, read this small primer and just use these two lines of pure CSS:
hr {
border-style: solid;
border-color: cornflowerblue; /* or whatever */
}
That is ALL you need to style your HRs.
Works cross-browser, cross-device, cross-os, cross-english-channel, cross-ages.
No "I think this will work...", "you need to keep Safari/IE in mind...", etc.
no extra css - no height, width, background-color, color, etc. involved.
Just bulletproof colourful HRs. It's that simpleTM.
Bonus: To give the HR some height H, just set the border-width as H/2.
I believe this is the most effective approach:
<hr style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc; background: transparent;">
Or if you prefer doing it on all hr elements write this on you CSS:
hr {
background-color: transparent;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
}
hr {
background-color: #123455;
}
The background is the one you should try to change.
You can also work with the borders color. I am not sure; I think there are cross-browser issues with this. You should test it in different browsers.
You can add bootstrap bg class like
<hr class="bg-light" />
if u use css class then it will be taken by all 'hr' tags , but if u want for a particular 'hr' use the below code i.e, inline css
<hr style="color:#99CC99" />
if it's not working in chrome try below code:
<hr color="red" />
Some browsers use the color attribute and some use the background-color attribute. To be safe:
hr {
color: #color;
background-color: #color;
}
It's simple and my favorite.
<hr style="background-color: #dd3333" />
I'm testing on IE, Firefox and Chrome May 2015 and this works best with the current versions. It centers the HR and makes it 70% wide:
hr.light {
width:70%;
margin:0 auto;
border:0px none white;
border-top:1px solid lightgrey;
}
<hr class="light" />
You should set border-width to 0; It works well in Firefox and Chrome.
hr {
clear: both;
color: red;
background-color: red;
height: 1px;
border-width: 0;
}
<hr />
This is a test
<hr />
Since i don't have reputation to comment, i will give here a few ideas.
if you want a css variable height, take off all borders and give a background color.
hr{
height:2px;
border:0px;
background:green;
margin:0px;/*sometimes useful*/
}
/*Doesn't work in ie7 and below and in Quirks Mode*/
if you want simply a style that you know that will work (example: to replace a border in a ::before element for most email clients or
hr{
height:0px;
border:0px;
border-top:2px solid blue;
margin:0px;/*useful sometimes*/
}
In both ways, if you set a width, it will always have it's size.
No need to set display:block; for this.
To be totally safe, you can mix both, 'cause some browsers can get confused with height:0px;:
hr{
height:1px;
border:0px;
background:blue;
border-top:1px solid blue;
margin:0px;/*useful sometimes*/
}
With this method you can be sure that it will have at least 2px in height.
It's a line more, but safety is safety.
This is the method you should use to be compatible with almost everything.
Remember: Gmail only detects inline css and some email clients may not support backgrounds or borders. If one fails, you will still have a 1px line. Better than nothing.
In the worst cases, you can try to add color:blue;.
In the worst of the worst cases, you can try to use a <font color="blue"></font> tag and put your precious <hr/> tag inside it. It will inherit the <font></font> tag color.
With this method, you WILL want to do like this: <hr width="50" align="left"/>.
Example:
<span>
awhieugfrafgtgtfhjjygfjyjg
<font color="#42B3E5"><hr width="50" align="left"/></font>
</span>
<!--Doesn't work in ie7 and below and in Quirks Mode-->
Here is a link for you to check: http://jsfiddle.net/sna2D/
You can use CSS to make a line with a different color, example would be like that:
border-left: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216);
border-right: medium none;
border-width: medium medium medium 2px;
border-style: none none none solid;
border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(216, 216, 216);
that code will display vertical grey line.
I like the answers setting border-top, but they are somehow still a little off in Chrome...
BUT if I set border-top: 1px solid black; and border-bottom: 0px; I end up with a truly single line (that also works fine with higher thickness).
Well, I am new in HTML, CSS and in Java but I tried my way which worked for me in all browsers. I have used JS instead of CSS which doesn't work with some browsers.
First of all I have given id="myHR" to HR element and used it in Java Script.
Here is the Code.
x = document.getElementById("myHR");
y = x.style.width = "600px";
y = x.style.color = "white";
y = x.style.height = "2px";
y = x.style.border = "none";
y = x.style.backgroundColor = "lightgrey";
Code Works For older IE
Tried For Many Colors
<hr color="black">
<hr color="blue">
Using font colours to modify horizontal rules makes them more flexible and easy to use.
The color property isn't inherited by default, so the following needs to be added to hr's to allow color inheritance:
/* allow hr to inherit color */
hr { border: 1px solid;}
/* reusable colour modifier */
.fc_-alpha { color: crimson;}
normal hr:
<hr>
hr with <span class="fc_-alpha">colour modifier</span>:
<hr class="fc_-alpha">
You could do this :
hr {
border: 1px solid red;
}
<hr />
This s a test
<hr />
You can give the <hr noshade> tag and go to your css file and add :
hr {
border-top:0;
color: #123455;
}
<hr noshade />
This s a test
<hr noshade />
As a general rule, you can’t just set the color of a horizontal line with CSS like you would anything else.
First of all, Internet Explorer needs the color in your CSS to read like this:
“color: #123455”
But Opera and Mozilla needs the color in your CSS to read like this:
“background-color: #123455”
So, you will need to add both options to your CSS.
Next, you will need to give the horizontal line some dimensions or it will default to the standard height, width and color set by your browser.
Here is a sample code of what your CSS should look like to get the blue horizontal line.
hr {
border: 0;
width: 100%;
color: #123455;
background-color: #123455;
height: 5px;
}
Or you could just add the style to your HTML page directly when you insert a horizontal line, like this:
<hr style="background:#123455" />
Hope this helps.
I took a bet each way:
hr {
border-top: 1px solid purple;
border-color: purple;
background-color: purple;
color: purple;
}
I have a div with an id of 'gallery' and I want to style the images inside it. Specifically, I want to give each of the images a 1px solid yellow border except on the bottom because they sit on top of each other, so I don't want to double the border on the bottom.
What I'm confused about is how to choose between the different border style elements: border, border-style, border-width. I tried this:
div#gallery img
{
border-width:1px;
border-style:solid;
border: solid yellow;
border: 1px 1px 0px 1px;
}
I managed to get a yellow border with this css above but the border seems more like a 2px border - it's quite thick - and, besides that, the syntax I'm using doesn't look very elegant.
Any recommendations on how to do this more concisely/elegantly?
I think this is the best way:
border: 1px solid yellow;
border-bottom: none;
The syntax for the border declaration goes width style color and affects all four borders. After that, you can override the bottom back to using no border by declaring border-bottom as none.
I don't really know if there's a wrong way to do it, but you basically have 3 methods to do it:
Method 1
border-top: 1px solid yellow;
border-right: 1px solid yellow;
border-left: 1px solid yellow;
Method 2
border: 1px solid yellow;
border-bottom: 0;
Method 2
border: 1px solid yellow;
border-bottom: none;
I would prefer either method 2 or method 3.
(I know method 2 and method 3 are basically the same, but I wanted to give both solutions, so you can choose what you like, "none" or "0").