border around text only

**internetstudio** · 11-06-2004, 09:51 AM

I want to put a border around text block on my website. Also would like to be able to change colour of this border. To make things clear, I don't want to put a border inside my <td> tag. It should be only around the text itself!! I searched for a solution, but unfortunately I couldn't find something useful. Does anyone has an asnwer to my problem here how I can do that?

**Dark-Skys99** · 11-06-2004, 10:16 AM

The only way to do it would be using CSS...

An example..

HTML Code:

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.textborder {
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="textborder">Some text...Some text...Some text...Some text...Some text...</p>
</body>
</html>

Should be self explanationary

--James

**Re-Lost** · 11-06-2004, 01:49 PM

I think this topic need to close ...

**Ark** · 11-06-2004, 01:51 PM

**designblast** · 08-18-2006, 07:55 AM

I think what this guy ment is a bit different than using P tag, because P tag stretches not just around text itself, but fills container.

Try using this

HTML Code:

<html>
<head>
<style>
<!--
.textborder {border: 1px solid black; padding: 2px;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>

<span class="textborder">Here you go</span>


</body>
</html>

**LadyT** · 09-03-2009, 05:07 AM

Hi

I know this topic is an old one but I have used the code supplied by designblast. Due to me having a tag in the text my border is not displaying correctly. The border is created twice...once around each line of text. Can someone please help.

<td class="logo" style="padding-bottom: 10px;">Text Line 1 Text Line 2</td>

**davemies** · 09-03-2009, 07:55 AM

move the outside the span?

**LadyT** · 09-03-2009, 09:53 AM

When I saw your reply davmies I thought....'omg ye..how stupid of me'....but nope...that doesn't work, I still have the same issue with the border being created twice

.....any other suggestions would be great...i'm going bauld trying to sort this one out.....not very attractive!

**davemies** · 09-03-2009, 09:59 AM

wrap all your text in a , drop the remove the span and apply the style to the paragraph