CSS border-image Property

Example

Specify an image as the border around an element:

#borderimg {
  border-image: url(border.png) 30 round;
}

Definition and Usage

The border-image property allows you to specify an image to be used as the border around an element.

The border-image property is a shorthand property for:

• border-image-source
• border-image-slice - It will slice the border-image at specified size.
• border-image-width
• border-image-outset
• border-image-repeat

Omitted values are set to their default values.

The property whose value is not defined in the border-image property will be set to their default value.

For the border-image to work, the element must have a border with a color (transparent also) defined.

Default value:	none 100% 1 0 stretch
Inherited:	no
Animatable:	no.
Version:	CSS3
JavaScript syntax:	object.style.borderImage="url(border.png) 30 round"

• Inherited : "Inherited = no" means that it cannot takes (inherit) it's value from it's parent element.
• object - object in javascript means the element on which border-image is applied.
• Animatable - "Animatable = no" means that it cannot be animated with CSS @keyframes.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Numbers followed by -webkit-, -moz-, or -o- specify the first version that worked with a prefix.

Property
border-image	16.0 4.0 -webkit-	11.0	15.0 3.5 -moz-	6.0 3.1 -webkit-	15.0 11.0 -o-

Note: See individual browser support for each value below.

CSS Syntax

border-image: source slice width outset repeat|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value	Description	Demo
border-image-source	The path to the image to be used as a border
border-image-slice	How to slice the border image
border-image-width	The width of the border image
border-image-outset	The amount by which the border image area extends beyond the border box
border-image-repeat	Whether the border image should be repeated, rounded or stretched
initial	Sets this property to its default value.
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element.

More Examples

Example

Different slice values completely changes the look of the border:

#borderimg1 {
  border: 10px solid transparent;
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 50 round;
}

#borderimg2 {
  border: 10px solid transparent;
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 20% round;
}

#borderimg3 {
  border: 10px solid transparent;
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 30% round;
}