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CSS3 border-image-width Property

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Description

The border-image-width CSS property specifies the width of the border.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this property.

Default value: 1
Applies to: All elements, except internal table elements when
border-collapse is collapse. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inherited: No
Animatable: No. See animatable properties.
Version: New in CSS3

Syntax

The syntax of the property is given with:

border-image-width: 
[ length | percentage | number | auto ] 1 to 4 values | initial | inherit

The example below shows the border-image-width property in action.

.box {
    width: 300px;
    height: 150px;
    border-image-source: url("border.png");
    border-image-width: 10px;
    border-image-slice: 30;
    border-image-repeat: round;
}

Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
length Specifies the width of the border in absolute or relative units.
percentage Specifies the width of the border as a percentage of the element.
number Represents a multiple of the computed value of the element's border-width property, or the width of the border box.
auto Specifies that the border image width is the intrinsic width, or height, of the corresponding image slice.
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element border-image-width property.

Browser Compatibility

The border-image-width property is supported in all major modern browsers.

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Basic Support—

  • Firefox 15+
  • Google Chrome 15+
  • Internet Explorer 11+
  • Apple Safari 6+
  • Opera 15+

Further Reading

See tutorial on: CSS3 Border, CSS Border.

Related properties: border-image, border-image-source, border-image-repeat, border-image-slice, border-image-outset, border.

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