CSS border-image-width Property

Example

Specify the width of the border image:

#borderimg {
  border-image-source: url(border.png);
  border-image-width: 10px;
}

Definition and Usage

The border-image-width property specifies the width of the border image.

Tip: Also look at the border-image property (a shorthand property for setting all the border-image-* properties).

Default value: 1
Inherited: no
Animatable: no.
Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.borderImageWidth="20px"

  • 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-width 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.

Property          
border-image-width 15.0 11.0 13.0 6.0 15.0

CSS Syntax

border-image-width: number|%|auto|initial|inherit;

Note: The border-image-width property can take from one to four values (top, right, bottom, and left sides). If the fourth value is omitted, it is the same as the second. If the third one is also omitted, it is the same as the first. If the second one is also omitted, it is the same as the first.

Property Values

Value Description Demo
length A length unit (px) specifying the size of the border-width
number Default value 1. Represents multiples of the corresponding border-width
% Refers to the size of the border image area: the width of the area for horizontal offsets, the height for vertical offsets
auto If specified, the width is the intrinsic width or height of the corresponding image slice
initial Sets this property to its default value.  
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element.

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