Spectre.Console

Box Border Reference

A complete reference of all box border styles available in Spectre.Console

Spectre.Console provides various box border styles for panels, rules, and other boxed content. Each border style defines characters for the eight parts of a box structure.

Usage Example

csharp 
var panel = new Panel("Hello, World!");
panel.Border(BoxBorder.Rounded);
panel.Header("Welcome");
AnsiConsole.Write(panel);

Important Notes

  • Unicode Support: Some border styles use Unicode box-drawing characters. Ensure your terminal supports Unicode.
  • Use Cases: Box borders are used in panels, rules, and other container components.
  • Custom Borders: You can create custom box borders by inheriting from BoxBorder and implementing GetPart().

Available Box Borders

Total border styles available: 23

BoxBorder.Ascii

+------------------------------+
| This is a sample panel       |
| with multiple lines of       |
| content inside the box.      |
+------------------------------+

BoxBorder.Beveled

╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲
▏ This is a sample panel       ▕
▏ with multiple lines of       ▕
▏ content inside the box.      ▕
╲▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁╱

BoxBorder.Dashed

┌┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┐
┆ This is a sample panel       ┆
┆ with multiple lines of       ┆
┆ content inside the box.      ┆
└┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┘

BoxBorder.DashedWide

┌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┐
╎ This is a sample panel       ╎
╎ with multiple lines of       ╎
╎ content inside the box.      ╎
└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘

BoxBorder.Dotted

┌┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┐
┊ This is a sample panel       ┊
┊ with multiple lines of       ┊
┊ content inside the box.      ┊
└┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┘

BoxBorder.Double

╔══════════════════════════════╗
║ This is a sample panel       ║
║ with multiple lines of       ║
║ content inside the box.      ║
╚══════════════════════════════╝

BoxBorder.DoubleHorizontal

╒══════════════════════════════╕
│ This is a sample panel       │
│ with multiple lines of       │
│ content inside the box.      │
╘══════════════════════════════╛

BoxBorder.DoubleVertical

╓──────────────────────────────╖
║ This is a sample panel       ║
║ with multiple lines of       ║
║ content inside the box.      ║
╙──────────────────────────────╜

BoxBorder.Heavy

┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃ This is a sample panel       ┃
┃ with multiple lines of       ┃
┃ content inside the box.      ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛

BoxBorder.HeavyDashed

┏┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┓
┇ This is a sample panel       ┇
┇ with multiple lines of       ┇
┇ content inside the box.      ┇
┗┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┛

BoxBorder.HeavyDashedWide

┏╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍┓
╏ This is a sample panel       ╏
╏ with multiple lines of       ╏
╏ content inside the box.      ╏
┗╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍┛

BoxBorder.HeavyDotted

┏┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┓
┋ This is a sample panel       ┋
┋ with multiple lines of       ┋
┋ content inside the box.      ┋
┗┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┛

BoxBorder.HeavyHorizontal

┍━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┑
│ This is a sample panel       │
│ with multiple lines of       │
│ content inside the box.      │
┕━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┙

BoxBorder.HeavyVertical

┎──────────────────────────────┒
┃ This is a sample panel       ┃
┃ with multiple lines of       ┃
┃ content inside the box.      ┃
┖──────────────────────────────┚

BoxBorder.McGuganHorizontal

▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
▏ This is a sample panel       ▕
▏ with multiple lines of       ▕
▏ content inside the box.      ▕
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

BoxBorder.McGuganVertical

▕▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▏
▕ This is a sample panel       ▏
▕ with multiple lines of       ▏
▕ content inside the box.      ▏
▕▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▏

BoxBorder.Near

 ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 
▕ This is a sample panel       ▏
▕ with multiple lines of       ▏
▕ content inside the box.      ▏
 ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

BoxBorder.None

                                
  This is a sample panel        
  with multiple lines of        
  content inside the box.

BoxBorder.Rounded

╭──────────────────────────────╮
│ This is a sample panel       │
│ with multiple lines of       │
│ content inside the box.      │
╰──────────────────────────────╯

BoxBorder.RoundedDashed

╭┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄╮
┆ This is a sample panel       ┆
┆ with multiple lines of       ┆
┆ content inside the box.      ┆
╰┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄┄╯

BoxBorder.RoundedDashedWide

╭╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╮
╎ This is a sample panel       ╎
╎ with multiple lines of       ╎
╎ content inside the box.      ╎
╰╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╯

BoxBorder.RoundedDotted

╭┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╮
┊ This is a sample panel       ┊
┊ with multiple lines of       ┊
┊ content inside the box.      ┊
╰┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈╯

BoxBorder.Square

┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ This is a sample panel       │
│ with multiple lines of       │
│ content inside the box.      │
└──────────────────────────────┘

See Also