border-image property CSS Reference

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Definition and Usage

The border-image CSS property allows drawing an image on the borders of elements. This makes drawing complex looking widgets much simpler than it has been and removes the need for nine boxes in some cases.

The border-image is used instead of the border styles given by the border-style properties. It is important to note that if the computed value of border-image-source, which can be set either by border-image-source or the shorthand border-image, is none, or if the image cannot be displayed, the border styles will be used.

• Initial the concatenation of the initial values of its longhand properties:
  • border-image-source: none
  • border-image-slice: 100%
  • border-image-width: 1
  • border-image-outset: 0s
  • border-image-repeat: stretch
• Applies to as each of the properties of the shorthand:
  • border-image-outset: all elements, except internal table elements when border-collapse is collapse
  • border-image-repeat: all elements, except internal table elements when border-collapse is collapse
  • border-image-slice: all elements, except internal table elements when border-collapse is collapse
  • border-image-source: all elements, except internal table elements when border-collapse is collapse
  • border-image-width: all elements, except table elements when border-collapse is collapse
• Inherited no
• Percentages The values of its longhand properties the percentage value belongs to:
  • border-image-slice: refer to the size of the border image
  • border-image-width: refer to the width or height of the border image area
• Media visual
• Computed Value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
  • border-image-outset: all lengths made absolute, otherwise as specified
  • border-image-repeat: as specified
  • border-image-slice: one to four percentage(s) (as specified) or absolute length(s), plus the keyword fill if specified
  • border-image-source: none or the image with its URI made absolute
  • border-image-width: all lengths made absolute, otherwise as specified
• Animatable no
• Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

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Syntax

Formal syntax: <'border-image-source'> || <'border-image-slice'> [ / <'border-image-width'> | / <'border-image-width'>? / <'border-image-outset'> ]? || <'border-image-repeat'>

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Values

See the respective properties for the different values.

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Examples

Bitmap repeated (repeat)

The image is sliced and simply tiled to fill the border area.

.example {
  border: 30px solid transparent;
  -moz-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 repeat; /* Old firefox */
  -webkit-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 repeat; /* Safari */
  -o-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 repeat; /* Opera */
  border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 repeat;
}

Bitmap repeated (round)

The round option is a variation on the repeat option that distributes the tiles in such a way that the ends nicely connect.

.example {
  border: 30px solid transparent;
  -moz-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 round; /* Old firefox */
  -webkit-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 round; /* Safari */
  -o-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 round; /* Opera */
  border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 round;
}

Bitmap stretched

The 'stretch' option stretches the images to fill the border area.

.example {
  border: 30px solid transparent;
  -moz-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 stretch; /* Old firefox */
  -webkit-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 stretch; /* Safari */
  -o-border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 stretch; /* Opera */
  border-image:url("/files/4127/border.png") 30 30 stretch;
}

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Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mobile browsers