# Border Length in CSS

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/border-length-in-css/256516>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/border-length-in-css/256516 "2008-04-03T19:26:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![irishcash33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@irishcash33](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/irishcash33)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/border-length-in-css/256516/1 "2008-04-03T19:26:45Z")

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Hi,  
I have an element that is 200 px wide. I have a bottom border. I would like for the border to come in about 10 px on the left and the right sides…Is this possible? I don’t want the border to be 200px.  
Thanks