Is there a way to offset border-right to be up higher?

Can you emulate margins on a border?

[Clark]

Does anyone know of a trick to get a border to expand beyond the current element?

I've got a border-right that would look fantastic if it were up a little higher, but I can't think of a way to get it to start exactly where I want it. What are the techniques for this?

[vol7ron]

Can you wrap it in another element, or, make your own border?

[MarkFilipak]

A border will always be as tall (wide) as its bounding box's height (width). That said, try this in your browser:

<div style='position:absolute; top:5em; width:10em; height:15em; background-color:cyan'>
 <div style='position;absolute; top:-1em; right:-1em; width:1em; height:100%; border-right:solid black 1px'>
 </div>
</div>

[edited by: SuzyUK at 10:44 am (utc) on Mar. 13, 2008]
[edit reason] minimised sidescroll [/edit]

[Clark]

Meant to reply earlier...I thought I had some problems in flexibility because it was in a UL underneath the YUI, which sometimes gives you weird results, but then I realized that the parent element could be perfectly manipulated to get the desired effect. Thanks all :)