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CSS CSS Basics (2014) The Box Model Borders

Posted by Christopher Sea
Christopher Sea
3,726 Points

Why do I have a different looking dotted border?

In Guil's example, the dotted border has squared dots. I'm following along using ST2 & Firefox, and my dotted border has circular dots. But when I entered a bottom border style after the border (with a width, style, and color), it had squared dots. Is this different for each web browser, or is there another reason this would happen?

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

It's mostly because browsers have there own style sheets and render the CSS differently, the dotted border is one of manny quarks between the browsers. It's an old post (2011), but if you want to learn more about the dotted border browser stylings check this blog out:

dotted border browsers

hope this helps.

Christopher Sea
Christopher Sea
3,726 Points

good article, thanks.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Not a problem. This is a perfect example of why we need to check for browser compatibility.

Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points
Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points

Thank you for resource. Could you recommend something about seo (resources)?

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Not a problem, Michael Pashkov you should open a new forum post for SEO related resources. This post was on CSS.

Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points
Michael Pashkov
Michael Pashkov
22,024 Points

Thanks again :). I opened a new forum post about SEO related resources. Could you share your resources now? :) https://teamtreehouse.com/community/hi-guys-please-advise-me-useful-courses-resources-soft-about-for-seo-smm-thank-you

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

You can pick the style, but it's up to the browser to render it.

It sounds like there's no fully agreed-on standard for what "dotted" actually should look like.