CSS Border Images

Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2023

The border-image property in CSS is used to specify the border of an image. This property creates a border using an image instead of a normal border.

The property contains three-part that are listed below:

The complete image is used as a border.
A slice of the image is used as a border
The middle section of the image is used (repeated or stretched) as a border

The border-image property is used to slice an image into nine sections, like a tic-tac-toe board.

Syntax:

element {
    border-image: url(border.png);
}

border-image properties: There are many border-image properties which are listed below:

border-image-source: This property is used to set the image path.
border-image-width: This property is used to set the width of the border image.
border-image-slice: This property is used to slice the border of the image.
border-image-repeat: This property is used to set the border of the image as rounded, repeated, and stretched.
border-image-outset: This property is used to specify the amount by which the border image area extends beyond the border box.

Example: This example shows the use of the border-image property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        CSS | Border Images
    </title>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }

        h1 {
            color: green;
        }

        .border1 {
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image-source: url(
https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png);
            border-image-repeat: round;
            border-image-slice: 30;
            border-image-width: 20px;
        }

        .border2 {
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image: url(
https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png) 30 stretch;
        }

        .border3 {
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image: url(
https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png) 20% round;
        }

        div {
            margin-top: 20px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>border-image property</h2>
    <div class="border1">Border 1</div>
    <div class="border2">Border 2</div>
    <div class="border3">Border 3</div>
</body>
  
</html>