CSS3 Border Images

CSS3 Border Images

With the CSS3 border-image property, you can set an image to be used as the border around an element.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Numbers followed by -webkit-, -moz-, or -o- specify the first version that worked with a prefix.

Property
border-image	11.0	16.0 4.0 -webkit-	15.0 3.5 -moz-	6.0 3.1 -webkit-	15.0 11.0 -o-

CSS3 border-image Property

The CSS3 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

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

Here is the code:

#borderimg {
    border: 10px solid transparent;
    padding: 15px;
    -webkit-border-image: url(border.png) 30 round; /* Safari 3.1-5 */
    -o-border-image: url(border.png) 30 round; /* Opera 11-12.1 */
    border-image: url(border.png) 30 round;
}

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.

CSS3 border-image - Different Slice Values

#borderimg1 {
    border: 10px solid transparent;
    padding: 15px;
    -webkit-border-image: url(border.png) 50 round; /* Safari 3.1-5 */
    -o-border-image: url(border.png) 50 round; /* Opera 11-12.1 */
    border-image: url(border.png) 50 round;
}

#borderimg2 {
    border: 10px solid transparent;
    padding: 15px;
    -webkit-border-image: url(border.png) 20% round; /* Safari 3.1-5 */
    -o-border-image: url(border.png) 20% round; /* Opera 11-12.1 */
    border-image: url(border.png) 20% round;
}

#borderimg3 {
    border: 10px solid transparent;
    padding: 15px;
    -webkit-border-image: url(border.png) 30% round; /* Safari 3.1-5 */
    -o-border-image: url(border.png) 30% round; /* Opera 11-12.1 */
    border-image: url(border.png) 30% round;
}