CSS border-image-width Property

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Example

Specify the width of the border image:

#borderimg {
border-image-source: url(border.png);
border-image-width: 10px;
}

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Definition and Usage

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

Tip: Also look at the border-image property (a shorthand property for setting all the border-image-* properties).

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Default value:	1
Inherited:	no
Animatable:	no. Read about animatable
Version:	CSS3
JavaScript syntax:	object.style.borderImageWidth="20px" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
border-image-width	15.0	11.0	13.0	6.0	15.0

CSS Syntax

border-image-width: number|%|auto|initial|inherit;

Note: The border-image-width property can take from one to four values (top, right, bottom, and left sides). If the fourth value is omitted, it is the same as the second. If the third one is also omitted, it is the same as the first. If the second one is also omitted, it is the same as the first.

Property Values

Value	Description	Demo
length	A length unit (px) specifying the size of the border-width	Demo ❯
number	Default value 1. Represents multiples of the corresponding border-width	Demo ❯
%	Refers to the size of the border image area: the width of the area for horizontal offsets, the height for vertical offsets	Demo ❯
auto	If specified, the width is the intrinsic width or height of the corresponding image slice	Demo ❯
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

CSS tutorial: CSS Border Images

CSS Reference: border-image property

CSS Reference: border-image-outset property

CSS Reference: border-image-repeat property

CSS Reference: border-image-slice property

CSS Reference: border-image-source property

HTML DOM reference: borderImageWidth property