Stylist Css Border Creation - css

Question

Is it possible to create a border like the flowing image with css? Any hints will be appreciated
#sidebar h4, #sidebar-alt h4 {
background:url('images/widget-title-bg.png');
color: #333333;
font-size: 22px;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0 0 10px 0;
padding: 7px 0px 11px 0px;
}

Answer 1

EDIT: Made some changes according to your comments. Try:
<h1 id="progress">
<i></i>Recent Posts
</h1>​
#progress {
display: block;
max-width: 200px;
min-width: 150px;
position: relative;
margin: 50px auto 0;
padding: 0 3px;
border-bottom: 10px solid #ECECEC;
font: bold 26px 'Dancing Script', cursive;
}
#progress i {
display: block;
position: absolute;
width: .8em;
height: 10px;
left: 0;
bottom: -10px;
background-color: #4287F4;
}​
http://jsfiddle.net/userdude/z45QJ/4/
I'm not a big fan of the position manipulation, but all browsers should support and display this nearly identically, the only possible problem being the font's displa may be slightly differently in different browsers. However, IE7-9 should interpret everything else just fine.
Too bad the whole wuuurld isn't on WebKit:
<div id="progress"></div>​
#progress {
width: 300px;
height: 10px;
border: none;
background-color: #ECECEC;
border-left: solid #4287F4;
box-shadow:inset 2px 0 white;
-webkit-animation: slide 10s linear infinite;
}
#-webkit-keyframes slide {
from {
border-left-width: 0;
width: 300px;
} to {
border-left-width: 300px;
width: 0;
}
}​
http://jsfiddle.net/userdude/z45QJ/1
It could be adjusted to go both ways. However, it only works on WebKit browsers (Chrome, Safari [?]). If that's ok, let me know and I'll add the return trip.

Answer 2

There are four ways to do it. I demonstrate four ways in this JSFiddle, and here are some explanations.
If you're not sure, just use Method B.
Method A
Method A has the advantage that it's the most compatible but the disadvantage that it requires extra HTML. Basically, you're giving an outer div the blue border and an inner div the white border. Your HTML will look something like this:
<div class="methodA">
<div class="container">
Method A
</div>
</div>
Your CSS will look like this:
.methodA {
border-left: 10px solid blue;
}
.methodA .container {
height: 100%;
border-left: 10px solid white;
}
Method B
Method B has the advantage that there's no extra HTML, but the disadvantage is that it won't work in IE before version 9.
.methodB {
border-left: 10px solid blue;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 10px 0 white;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 10px 0 white;
box-shadow: inset 10px 0 white;
}
You can mitigate IE's compatibility issues using CSS3 PIE, which makes box shadows behave in Internet Explorer (along with other CSS3 features).
Methods C and D
This JSFiddle shows two other methods, which I won't describe in as much detail, but...
Method C makes the blue border a shadow. As a result, it can "cover" other elements and it also changes the size of the element. I don't love this solution, but it might work for you. It also suffers the compatibility issues of Method B.
Method D puts two divs inside of the element: one for the blue border and one for the right border.

Answer 3

it is not really complicate and no extra HTML is needed.
h4:after {
display:block;
content: '';
height:4px;
width: 1px;
border:0px solid #ececec;
border-left-width: 10px;
border-left-color:#4287F4;
border-right-width: 90px;
}​
http://jsfiddle.net/N27CH/

Answer 4

Check this link Visit
(http://jsfiddle.net/qD4zd/1/).
See if it helps. This tells you about the application of gradient. See how it is done.
Also why not use directly the images that you want as the border.
Check out for "Gradient" in Css. This might answer your question.

Answer 5

I studied some usage of "canvas" tag in HTML5. That is preety much informative about gradient specification and is also more readable than the traditionl HTML4. So for this question i also want to request the questioner to look at the "canvas" tag in HTML5. check the link below.
Link: http://html5center.sourceforge.net/Using-Unprefixed-CSS3-Gradients-in-Modern-Browsers
Link: http://www.sendesignz.com/index.php/web-development/111-how-to-create-gradient-and-shadow-effect-in-html5-canvas
Second link is more awesome. Cheers.:)