css properties border-image-repeat

The border-image-repeat CSS property defines how the edge regions and middle region of a source image are adjusted to fit the dimensions of an element's border image. The middle region can be displayed by using the keyword "fill" in the border-image-slice property.

Syntax

/* Keyword value */
border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-repeat: repeat;
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-repeat: space;

/* top and bottom | left and right */
border-image-repeat: round stretch;

/* Global values */
border-image-repeat: inherit;
border-image-repeat: initial;
border-image-repeat: revert;
border-image-repeat: revert-layer;
border-image-repeat: unset;

The border-image-repeat property may be specified using one or two values chosen from the list of values below.

Values

stretch

The source image's edge regions are stretched to fill the gap between each border.

repeat

The source image's edge regions are tiled (repeated) to fill the gap between each border. Tiles may be clipped to achieve the proper fit.

round

The source image's edge regions are tiled (repeated) to fill the gap between each border. Tiles may be stretched to achieve the proper fit.

space

The source image's edge regions are tiled (repeated) to fill the gap between each border. Extra space will be distributed in between tiles to achieve the proper fit.

Formal definition

Initial valuestretch
Applies toAll elements, except internal table elements when border-collapse is collapse
Inheritedno
Computed valuetwo keywords, one per axis
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

[ stretch | repeat | round | space ]{1,2}

Examples

Repeating border images

CSS

#bordered {
  width: 12rem;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
  padding: 1rem;
  border: 40px solid;
  border-image: url("border.png") 27;
  border-image-repeat: stretch; /* Can be changed in the live sample */
}

See also