border-image-source

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The border-image-source CSS property sets the source image used to create an element's border image.

The border-image-slice property is used to divide the source image into regions, which are then dynamically applied to the final border image.

Try it

border-image-source: url("/shared-assets/images/examples/border-diamonds.png");

border-image-source: url("/shared-assets/images/examples/border-stars.png");

border-image-source: repeating-linear-gradient( 45deg, transparent, #4d9f0c 20px );

border-image-source: none;

<section id="default-example"> <div id="example-element">This is a box with a border around it.</div> </section>

#example-element { width: 80%; height: 80%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 50px; background: #fff3d4; color: black; border: 30px solid; border-image: url("/shared-assets/images/examples/border-diamonds.png") 30 round; font-size: 1.2em; }

Syntax

css

/* Keyword value */ border-image-source: none; /* <image> values */ border-image-source: url("image.jpg"); border-image-source: linear-gradient(to top, red, yellow); /* Global values */ border-image-source: inherit; border-image-source: initial; border-image-source: revert; border-image-source: revert-layer; border-image-source: unset;

Values

none: No border image is used. The appearance defined by border-style is displayed instead.
<image>: Image reference to use for the border.

Formal definition

Initial value	`none`
Applies to	all elements, except internal table elements when `border-collapse` is `collapse`. It also applies to `::first-letter`.
Inherited	no
Computed value	`none` or the image with its URI made absolute
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

border-image-source = 
 none |
 <image> 

<image> = 
 <url> |
 <image()> |
 <image-set()> |
 <cross-fade()> |
 <element()> |
 <gradient> 

<image()> = 
 image( <image-tags>? [ <image-src>? , <color>? ]! ) 

<image-set()> = 
 image-set( <image-set-option># ) 

<cross-fade()> = 
 cross-fade( <cf-image># ) 

<element()> = 
 element( <id-selector> ) 

<image-tags> = 
 ltr |
 rtl 

<image-src> = 
 <url> |
 <string> 

<image-set-option> = 
 [ <image> | <string> ] [ <resolution> || type( <string> ) ]? 

<cf-image> = 
 [ <image> | <color> ] &&
 <percentage [0,100]>? 

<id-selector> = 
 <hash-token>

Examples

Basic example

css

.box { border-image-source: url("image.png"); }

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 # border-image-source

Browser compatibility

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