The outline property in CSS is more or less unknown. The first reason I think is because it only supported on Gecko based browser, even if it is part on the CSS 2 specifications. But you know standards…
It is a shame because it is an interesting property.
What outline does:
It is a bit like border, you specify a width, a style and a color. The shortcut is :
outline: width style color;
The difference with border are:
- you can’t specify a side, it’s everything or nothing
- outline is not taking into account in the box model calculation. You can use the width you want it wont affect the layout around.
- instead of a color you can choose the value “invert” witch invert the color behind the outline
The reason I wanted to talk about border is because I am using it in the styleswitcher I am developing at the moment and I think the combination between a 600px width invert color outline and an overflow:hidden on the container do some pretty nice effect.
But I keep it for later, when it will be ready.
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