CSS Border Images
Learn to use CSS border-image property to create decorative borders with images and gradients.
The border-image property allows using images or gradients as borders for creative, decorative effects.
Basic Border Image
.border-image {
border: 10px solid transparent;
border-image: url('border.png') 30 round;
}Border Image Syntax
.element {
border-image-source: url('border.png');
border-image-slice: 30;
border-image-repeat: stretch; /* stretch, repeat, round, space */
border-image-width: 10px;
border-image-outset: 0;
}
/* Shorthand */
.element {
border-image: url('border.png') 30 round;
}Gradient Borders
.gradient-border {
border: 4px solid transparent;
border-image: linear-gradient(45deg, #667eea, #764ba2) 1;
}
.rounded-gradient {
background: linear-gradient(white, white) padding-box,
linear-gradient(45deg, #667eea, #764ba2) border-box;
border: 4px solid transparent;
border-radius: 10px;
}Practical Examples
.fancy-border {
border: 15px solid;
border-image: url('decorative-border.png') 30 stretch;
}
.frame {
border: 20px solid transparent;
border-image: url('frame.png') 20% stretch;
}Best Practices
Border Image Best Practices
- Use border-image sparingly
- Ensure good performance
- Provide fallback borders
- Test across browsers
- Consider SVG for scalability
- Optimize image sizes
Master border-image for creative, decorative borders!
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