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CSS dotted bordes

This is a 3 step tutorial on how to make 1px dotted borders in IE.

permanent link 28 jul at 00:10 by Davide

There are 4 guest comments so far.

commentat 00:17 on 28 July 2007, Julien wrote:

just what i needed. thanks

commentat 04:25 on 28 July 2007, Carlos Bernal wrote:

Maybe I wouldn't use this technique for dotted but it does open posibilties for other types of borders...thanks.

commentat 13:05 on 28 July 2007, Aaron Bassett wrote:

I'm sorry but that method is really ugly. 3 DIVS and 3 images, for such a simple effect!?

I've written up a method which only requires 1 DIV and 1 image. You can read it here: http://foobr.co.uk/2007/07/dotted_borders_in_ie/

commentat 14:58 on 30 July 2007, Derek A wrote:

Real CSS dotted borders work in IE7 BTW.

border:1px dotted #000;

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