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CSS Border Images

With the CSS border-image property, you can define an image to be used as the border around an element.


CSS border-image Property

The border-image property allows you to define an image to be used as the border around an element, instead of the normal border.

This property takes an image and slices it into nine sections, like a tic-tac-toe board. It then places the corners at the corners, and the middle sections are repeated or stretched as you specify.

The border-image property is a shorthand property for the following properties:

Note: For border-image to work, the element also needs the border property set!


CSS border-image Examples

We will use the following image (named "border.png"):

Border

In the following example, the url(border.png) specifies the source image, the number 30 slices the image 30 pixels from each edge, and the round value specifies that the middle section of the image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area (and rescaled to fit, if needed):

An image as the border!

Here is the code:

Example

#borderimg {
  border: 10px solid transparent; /* Required for border-image */
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 30 round;
}
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Here, the stretch value specifies that the middle section of the image is stretched to fill the area:

An image as the border!

Here is the code:

Example

#borderimg {
  border: 10px solid transparent;  /* Required for border-image */
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 30 stretch;
}
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CSS border-image - Different Slice Values

Different slice values completely changes the look of the border image:

Example 1:

border-image: url(border.png) 50 round;

Example 2:

border-image: url(border.png) 20% round;

Example 3:

border-image: url(border.png) 30% round;

Here is the code:

Example

#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;
}
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CSS Border Image Properties

Property Description
border-image A shorthand property for setting all the border-image-* properties
border-image-source Specifies the path to the image to be used as a border
border-image-slice Specifies how to slice the border image
border-image-width Specifies the widths of the border image
border-image-outset Specifies the amount by which the border image area extends beyond the border box
border-image-repeat Specifies whether the border image should be repeated, rounded or stretched

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