outline on only one border

Question

How to apply an inset border into an HTML element, but just only on one side of it. Until now, I\'ve been using an image to do that (GIF/PNG) that I would

Answer 1

The great thing about HTML/CSS is that there's usually more than one way to achieve the same effect. Here's another solution that does what you want:

    

        
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nav {
    background:#666;
    margin:1em;
    padding:.5em 0;
}
nav ul {
    border-top:1px dashed #fff;
    list-style:none;
    padding:.5em;
}
nav ul li {
    display:inline-block;
}
nav ul li a {
    color:#fff;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/10basetom/uCX3G/1/