CSS3 Border images

Method of using images for borders

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/#border-images
Status	W3C Candidate Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP (1)
11	95	93	95	15 (1)	80
10	94	92	94	14.1 (1)	79
9	93	91	93	14 (1)	78
8	92	90	92	13.1 (1)	77
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7	91	89	91	13 (1)	76
6	90	88	90	12.1 (1)	75
5.5	89	87	89	12 (1)	74
	88	86	88	11.1 (1)	73
	87	85	87	11 (1)	72
	86	84	86	10.1 (1)	71
	85	83	85	10 (1)	70
	84	82	84	9.1 (1)	69
	83	81	83	9 (1,2,4)	68
	81	80	81	8 (1,2,4)	67
	80	79	80	7.1 (1,2,4)	66
	79	78	79	7 (1,2,4)	65
	18	77	78	6.1 (1,2,4)	64
	17	76	77	6 (1,2,4)	63
	16	75	76	5.1 (1,2,3,4,*)	62
	15	74	75	5 (1,2,3,4,*)	60
	14	73	74	4 (1,2,3,4,*)	58
	13 (1)	72	73	3.2 (1,2,3,4,*)	57
	12 (1)	71	72	3.1 (1,2,3,4,*)	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42 (2)
		56	57		41 (2)
		55	56		40 (2)
		54	55 (2)		39 (2)
		53	54 (2)		38 (2)
		52	53 (2)		37 (1,2)
		51	52 (2)		36 (1,2)
		50	51 (2)		35 (1,2)
		49 (2)	50 (1,2)		34 (1,2)
		48 (2)	49 (1,2)		33 (1,2)
		47 (2)	48 (1,2)		32 (1,2)
		46 (2)	47 (1,2)		31 (1,2)
		45 (2)	46 (1,2)		30 (1,2)
		44 (2)	45 (1,2)		29 (1,2)
		43 (2)	44 (1,2)		28 (1,2)
		42 (2)	43 (1,2)		27 (1,2)
		41 (2)	42 (1,2)		26 (1,2)
		40 (2)	41 (1,2)		25 (1,2)
		39 (2)	40 (1,2)		24 (1,2)
		38 (2)	39 (1,2)		23 (1,2)
		37 (2)	38 (1,2)		22 (1,2)
		36 (2)	37 (1,2)		21 (1,2)
		35 (2)	36 (1,2)		20 (1,2)
		34 (2)	35 (1,2)		19 (1,2)
		33 (2)	34 (1,2)		18 (1,2)
		32 (2)	33 (1,2)		17 (1,2)
		31 (2)	32 (1,2)		16 (1,2)
		30 (2)	31 (1,2)		15 (1,2)
		29 (2)	30 (1,2)		12.1 (2,3,4,*)
		28 (2)	29 (1,2,4)		12 (2,3,4,*)
		27 (2)	28 (1,2,4)		11.6 (2,3,4,*)
		26 (2)	27 (1,2,4)		11.5 (2,3,4,*)
		25 (2)	26 (1,2,4)		11.1 (2,3,4,*)
		24 (2)	25 (1,2,4)		11 (2,3,4,*)
		23 (2)	24 (1,2,4)		10.6 (2,3,4)
		22 (2)	23 (1,2,4)		10.5 (2,3,4)
		21 (2)	22 (1,2,4)		10.0-10.1
		20 (2)	21 (1,2,4)		9.5-9.6
		19 (2)	20 (1,2,4)		9
		18 (2)	19 (1,2,4)
		17 (2)	18 (1,2,4)
		16 (2)	17 (1,2,4)
		15 (2)	16 (1,2,4)
		14 (2,3,*)	15 (1,2,4)
		13 (2,3,*)	14 (1,2,3,4,*)
		12 (2,3,*)	13 (1,2,3,4,*)
		11 (2,3,*)	12 (1,2,3,4,*)
		10 (2,3,*)	11 (1,2,3,4,*)
		9 (2,3,*)	10 (1,2,3,4,*)
		8 (2,3,*)	9 (1,2,3,4,*)
		7 (2,3,*)	8 (1,2,3,4,*)
		6 (2,3,*)	7 (1,2,3,4,*)
		5 (2,3,*)	6 (1,2,3,4,*)
		4 (2,3,*)	5 (1,2,3,4,*)
		3.6 (2,3,*)	4 (1,2,3,4,*)
		3.5 (2,3,*)
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15 (1)	all (2,3,4,*)	94	10 (1,2,4)	64	94	92	11	12.12 (1,2)	15.0	10.4 (2)	7.12 (2)	2.5 (2)
14.5-14.8 (1)		4.4.3-4.4.4 (1,2)	7 (1,2,3,4)	12.1 (2,3,4,*)			10		14.0
14.0-14.4 (1)		4.4 (1,2)		12 (2,3,4,*)					13.0
13.4-13.7 (1)		4.2-4.3 (1,2,3,4,*)		11.5 (2,3,4,*)					12.0
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13.3 (1)		4.1 (1,2,3,4,*)		11.1 (2,3,4,*)					11.1-11.2
13.2 (1)		4 (1,2,3,4,*)		11 (2,3,4,*)					10.1
13.0-13.1 (1)		3 (1,2,3,4,*)		10					9.2
12.2-12.5 (1)		2.3 (1,2,3,4,*)							8.2
12.0-12.1 (1)		2.2 (1,2,3,4,*)							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4 (1)		2.1 (1,2,3,4,*)							6.2-6.4 (2)
11.0-11.2 (1)									5.0-5.4 (2)
10.3 (1)									4 (1,2)
10.0-10.2 (1)
9.3 (1)
9.0-9.2 (1,2,4)
8.1-8.4 (1,2,4)
8 (1,2,4)
7.0-7.1 (1,2,4)
6.0-6.1 (1,2,4)
5.0-5.1 (1,2,3,4,*)
4.2-4.3 (1,2,3,4,*)
4.0-4.1 (1,2,3,4,*)
3.2 (1,2,3,4,*)

Notes

Note that both the border-style and border-width must be specified (not set to none or 0) for border-images to work.

1. Has a bug where border-image incorrectly overrides border-style. See test case, WebKit bug, discussion

2. Partial support refers to not supporting border-image-repeat: space

3. Partial support refers to supporting the shorthand syntax, but not the individual properties (border-image-source, border-image-slice, etc).

4. Partial support refers to not supporting border-image-repeat: round

^* Partial support with prefix.

Bugs

• Firefox is not able to stretch svg images across an element - bug report.

• WebKit browsers have a different rendering with the round value from other browsers, stretching the border rather than repeating it in certain cases see bug.

Resources

• WebPlatform Docs
• MDN Web Docs - Border image