border-image-repeat CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2016.

The border-image-repeat CSS property defines how the images for the sides and the middle part of the border image are scaled and tiled. The middle region can be displayed by using the keyword "fill" in the border-image-slice property.

Try it

border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-repeat: repeat;
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-repeat: space;
border-image-repeat: round stretch;
<section id="default-example">
  <div id="example-element">This is a box with a border around it.</div>
</section>
#example-element {
  width: 80%;
  height: 80%;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 50px;
  background: #fff3d4;
  color: black;
  border: 30px solid;
  border-image: url("../../../../../../shared-assets/images/examples/border-diamonds.png") 30
    round;
  font-size: 1.2em;
}

Syntax

css
/* 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.

  • When one value is specified, it applies the same behavior on all four sides.
  • When two values are specified, the first applies to the top, middle, and bottom, the second to the left and right.

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. It also applies to ::first-letter.
Inheritedno
Computed valueas specified
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

border-image-repeat = 
[ stretch | repeat | round | space ]{1,2}

Examples

Repeating border images

CSS

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 */
}

Results

Specifications

Specification
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3
# border-image-repeat

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
border-image-repeat
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 15 (Release date: 2011-10-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
repeat
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 15 (Release date: 2011-10-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
round
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 30 (Release date: 2013-10-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 17 (Release date: 2013-10-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 9.1 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 30 (Release date: 2013-10-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 18 (Release date: 2013-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 2 (Release date: 2014-10-17)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
space
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 9.1 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
stretch
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 15 (Release date: 2011-10-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 15 (Release date: 2012-08-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21)
footnote Full support

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Full support

See also