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CSS3 border-image Property

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Description

The border-image CSS property specifies how an image is to be used in place of the border styles. This is a shorthand property for setting border-image-source, border-image-slice, border-image-width, border-image-outset and border-image-repeat properties at once.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this property.

Default value: none 100% 1 0 stretch; See individual properties
Applies to: All elements, except internal table elements when
border-collapse is collapse. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inherited: No
Animatable: No. See animatable properties.
Version: New in CSS3

Syntax

The syntax of the property is given with:

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

The example below shows the border-image property in action.

.box {
    width: 300px;
    height: 150px;
    border: 15px solid transparent;
    -webkit-border-image: url("border.png") 30 30 round; /* Safari 3.1-5 */
    -o-border-image: url("border.png") 30 30 round; /* Opera 11-12.1 */
    border-image: url("border.png") 30 30 round;
}

Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
border-image-source Specifies the location of the image to be used for the border.
border-image-slice Specifies the inward offsets from the top, right, bottom, and left edges of the border image.
border-image-width Specifies the width of the border.
border-image-outset Specifies the amount by which the border image area extends beyond the border box.
border-image-repeat Specifies how the middle part of the border image are scaled or tiled so that it can match the size of the border.
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element border-image property.

Browser Compatibility

The border-image property is supported in all major modern browsers.

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Basic Support—

  • Firefox 3.5+ -moz-, 15+
  • Google Chrome 4+ -webkit-, 16+
  • Internet Explorer 11+
  • Apple Safari 3.1+ -webkit-, 6+
  • Opera 11+ -o-, 15+ -webkit-

Further Reading

See tutorial on: CSS3 Border, CSS Border.

Related properties: border-image-source, border-image-slice, border-image-width, border-image-outset, border-image-repeat, border.

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