CSS border-image Property

Last Updated : 23 Aug, 2024

The border-image property in CSS is used to set the border of an element.

Syntax:

border-image: source slice width outset repeat|initial|inherit;

The border-image property is the combination of many properties which are listed below:

border-image-source
border-image-slice
border-image-width
border-image-outset
border-image-repeat

Property Values:

border-image-source: This property is used to set the source location of the border image.

Syntax:

border-image-source: url(image source location);

border-image-slice: The border-image-slice property is used to divide or slice an image specified by border-image-source property. The border-slice property divides a given image into:
- 9 regions
- 4 corners
- 4 edges
- A middle region
border-image-width: The border-image-width property is used to set the width of the border.

Syntax:

border-image-width: value;

border-image-outset: The border-image-outset property sets the distance by which an element border image is set out from its border box.

Syntax:

border-image-outset: value;

border-image-repeat: The border-image-repeat property defines how the edge regions of the source image are adjusted to fit the dimensions of an element border image.

Syntax:

border-image-repeat: value;

initial: It is used to set border-image property to its default value.
inherit: It is used to set border-image property from its parent.

Example 1:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        CSS border-image Property
    </title>

    <style>
        #borderimg1 {
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            -webkit-border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 30 round;
            border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 30 round;
            text-align: center;
        }

        #borderimg2 {
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            -webkit-border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 30 stretch;
            border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 30 stretch;
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h2>border-image property</h2>

    <p id="borderimg1">
        Element Content
    </p>
    <p id="borderimg2">
        Element Content
    </p>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Example 2:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        CSS border-image Property
    </title>

    <style>
        #borderimg1 {
            border: 15px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 50 round;
        }

        #borderimg2 {
            border: 15px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 40% stretch;
        }

        #borderimg3 {
            border: 15px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image: url(
'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border2-2.png') 70 round;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h2>border-image property</h2>
    <p id="borderimg1">BORDER 1</p>
    <p id="borderimg2">BORDER 2</p>
    <p id="borderimg3">BORDER 3</p>
</body>
</html>