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CSS Border Images
With the CSS border-image property, you can set an image to be used as the border around an element
CSS border-image Property
The CSS border-image property allows you to specify an image to be used instead of the normal border around an element.
The property has three parts:
We will use the following image (called "border.png"):
The border-image property takes the 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.
border-image to work, the element also needs the
border property set!
Here, the middle sections of the image are repeated to create the border:
An image as a border!
Here is the code:
Example
#borderimg
{
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image: url(border.png)
30 round;
}
Here, the middle sections of the image are stretched to create the border:
An image as a border!
Here is the code:
Example
#borderimg
{
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image: url(border.png)
30 stretch;
}
Tip: The border-image property is actually a shorthand property for the
border-image-source, border-image-slice, border-image-width,
border-image-outset
and border-image-repeat properties.
CSS border-image - Different Slice Values
Different slice values completely changes the look of the border:
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;
}
Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
Give the div element an image border. Use the short hand property to define the details of the image border.
<style>
div {
border: 10px solid transparent;
: url(border.png) 30 round;
}
</style>
<body>
<div>This is a div element. It has some text.</div>
</body>
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 |