CSS3 - Border Image

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CSS Border image property is used to add image boarder to some elements.you don't need to use any HTML code to call boarder image.A sample syntax of boarder image is as follows −

#borderimg {
   border: 10px solid transparent;
   padding: 15px;
}

The most commonly used values are shown below −

Sr.No.	Value & Description
1	border-image-source Used to set the image path
2	border-image-slice Used to slice the boarder image
3	border-image-width Used to set the boarder image width
4	border-image-repeat Used to set the boarder image as rounded, repeated and stretched

Example

Following is the example which demonstrates to set image as a border for elements.

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         #borderimg1 { 
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image-source: url(/css/images/border.png);
            border-image-repeat: round;
            border-image-slice: 30;
            border-image-width: 10px;
         }
         #borderimg2 { 
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image-source: url(/css/images/border.png);
            border-image-repeat: round;
            border-image-slice: 30;
            border-image-width: 20px;
         }
         #borderimg3 { 
            border: 10px solid transparent;
            padding: 15px;
            border-image-source: url(/css/images/border.png);
            border-image-repeat: round;
            border-image-slice: 30;
            border-image-width: 30px;
         }
      </style>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p id = "borderimg1">This is image boarder example.</p>
      <p id = "borderimg2">This is image boarder example.</p>
      <p id = "borderimg3">This is image boarder example.</p>
   </body>
</html>

It will produce the following result −