CSS Border Images

By | August 5, 2022

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:

  1. The image to use as the border
  2. Where to slice the image
  3. Define whether the middle sections should be repeated or stretched

We will use the following image (called “border.png”):

Border

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.

Note: For 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:

Here is the code:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style> 
#borderimg { 
  border: 10px solid transparent;
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 30 round;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The border-image Property</h1>
<p>Here, the middle sections of the image are repeated to create the border:</p>
<p id="borderimg">border-image: url(border.png) 30 round;</p>
<p>Here is the original image:</p><img src="border.png">
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Internet Explorer 10, and earlier versions, do not support the border-image property.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result:

Here, the middle sections of the image are stretched to create the border:

Here is the code:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style> 
#borderimg { 
  border: 10px solid transparent;
  padding: 15px;
  border-image: url(border.png) 30 stretch;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The border-image Property</h1>
<p>Here, the middle sections of the image are stretched to create the border:</p>
<p id="borderimg">border-image: url(border.png) 30 stretch;</p>
<p>Here is the original image:</p><img src="border.png">
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Internet Explorer 10, and earlier versions, do not support the border-image property.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result:

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

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#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;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The border-image Property</h1>
<p id="borderimg1">border-image: url(border.png) 50 round;</p>
<p id="borderimg2">border-image: url(border.png) 20% round;</p>
<p id="borderimg3">border-image: url(border.png) 30% round;</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Internet Explorer 10, and earlier versions, do not support the border-image property.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result:

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