think about outline as a border that a projector draw outside something as a border is an actual object around that thing. a projection can easily overlap but border don't let you pass. some times when i use grid+%width, border will change the scaling on view port,for example a div with width:100% in a parent with width:100px fills the parent completely, but when i add border:solid 5px to div it make the div smaller to make space for border(although it's rare and work-aroundable!) but with outline it doesn't have this problem as outline is more virtual :D it's just a line outside the element but the problem is if you don't do spacing properly it would overlap with other contents.

简而言之: 优点:轮廓 它不会打乱间距和位置 缺点: 重叠几率高

摘自W3Schools:

定义和用法 轮廓是画出来的一条线 在元素周围(边界之外) 让元素“脱颖而出”。

think about outline as a border that a projector draw outside something as a border is an actual object around that thing. a projection can easily overlap but border don't let you pass. some times when i use grid+%width, border will change the scaling on view port,for example a div with width:100% in a parent with width:100px fills the parent completely, but when i add border:solid 5px to div it make the div smaller to make space for border(although it's rare and work-aroundable!) but with outline it doesn't have this problem as outline is more virtual :D it's just a line outside the element but the problem is if you don't do spacing properly it would overlap with other contents.

简而言之: 优点:轮廓 它不会打乱间距和位置 缺点: 重叠几率高

来自:http://webdesign.about.com/od/advancedcss/a/outline_style.htm

CSS outline属性是一个令人困惑的属性。当你第一次了解它时，你很难理解它与边境财产有什么不同。W3C将其解释为以下区别: 大纲不占用空间。 轮廓可以是非矩形的。

CSS中的outline属性在元素的外部画一条线。它和border很相似，只是:

它总是围绕所有的边，你不能指定具体的 它不是盒子模型的一部分，所以它不会影响 元素或相邻元素的位置

来源:https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/o/outline/

tldr;

W3C将其解释为以下区别:

大纲不占用空间。 轮廓可以是非矩形的。

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大纲应用于可访问性

还应该注意到大纲的主要目的是可访问性。将其设定为大纲:应该避免任何内容。

如果你必须删除它，它可能是一个更好的主意提供替代样式:

我看过很多关于如何使用outline:none或outline:0删除焦点指示器的技巧。请不要这样做，除非您将大纲替换为其他内容，以便于查看哪个元素具有键盘焦点。移除键盘焦点的视觉指示器会让那些依赖键盘导航的人在导航和使用你的网站时变得非常困难。

来源:“不要从链接和窗体控件中删除轮廓”，365 Berea Street

更多的资源

http://outlinenone.com/