make part of div border transparent html

Question

Can I make part (from x1 to x2) of div border transparent?

If not what approach can you advice?

My idea [very bad] is to draw border in canvas element and

Answer 1

Since DIVs have only 4 elements (top, bottom, left, right) you can't make part of a border transparent AFAIK.

However, you could create elements that would overlay your div and use relative positioning to build a border to your taste. For example:

You can see the result at http://jsfiddle.net/Bekqu/3/.