Example
Specify how to repeat the border image:
#borderimg
{
border-image-source: url(border.png);
border-image-repeat: repeat;
}
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Definition and Usage
The border-image-repeat property specifies whether the border image should be repeated, rounded or stretched.
Tip: Also look at the border-image property (a shorthand property for setting all the border-image-* properties).
| Default value: | stretch |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.borderImageRepeat="round" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border-image-repeat | 15.0 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 |
CSS Syntax
border-image-repeat: stretch|repeat|round|initial|inherit;
Note: This property specifies how the images for the sides and the middle part of the border image are scaled and tiled. So, you can specify two values here. If the second value is omitted, it is assumed to be the same as the first.
Property Values
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| stretch | Default value. The image is stretched to fill the area | Play it » |
| repeat | The image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area | Play it » |
| round | The image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area. If it does not fill the area with a whole number of tiles, the image is rescaled so it fits | Play it » |
| space | The image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area. If it does not fill the area with a whole number of tiles, the extra space is distributed around the tiles | |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | Play it » |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Related Pages
CSS3 tutorial: CSS3 Border Images
CSS Reference: border-image property
CSS Reference: border-image-outset property
CSS Reference: border-image-slice property
CSS Reference: border-image-source property
CSS Reference: border-image-width property
HTML DOM reference: borderImageRepeat property