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CSS3 border-image Property

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Example

Specify an image as the border around a div element:

div
{
-moz-border-image:url(border.png) 30 30 round; /* Firefox */
-webkit-border-image:url(border.png) 30 30 round; /* Safari */
-o-border-image:url(border.png) 30 30 round; /* Opera */
border-image:url(border.png) 30 30 round;
}

Try it yourself »
More examples at the bottom of this page.

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The border-image property is only supported in Chrome.

Firefox supports an alternative, the -moz-border-image property.

Opera supports an alternative, the -o-border-image property.

Safari supports an alternative, the -webkit-border-image property.

Definition and Usage

The border-image property is a shorthand property for setting the border-image-source, border-image-slice, border-image-width, border-image-outset and border-image-repeat properties.

Omitted values are set to their default values.

Tip: Use the border-image-* properties to construct beautiful scalable buttons!

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

Syntax

border-image: source slice width outset repeat;

Value Description Play it
border-image-source The path to the image to be used as a border
border-image-slice The inward offsets of the image-border
border-image-width The widths of the image-border
border-image-outset The amount by which the border image area extends beyond the border box
border-image-repeat Whether the image-border should be repeated, rounded or stretched Play it »

Examples

Try it Yourself - Examples

Border-image button
This example demonstrates how to create a button with the border-image property.

Related Pages

CSS3 tutorial: CSS3 Borders

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