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
			108
		107	107	TP
		106	106	16.1
11	105	105	105	16.0	91
10	104	104	104	15.6	90
9	103	103	103	15.5	89
8	102	102	102	15.4	88
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7	101	101	101	15.2-15.3 (1)	87
6	100	100	100	15.1 (1)	86
5.5	99	99	99	15 (1)	85
	98	98	98	14.1 (1)	84
	97	97	97	14 (1)	83
	96	96	96	13.1 (1)	82
	95	95	95	13 (1)	81
	94	94	94	12.1 (1)	80
	93	93	93	12 (1)	79
	92	92	92	11.1 (1)	78
	91	91	91	11 (1)	77
	90	90	90	10.1 (1)	76
	89	89	89	10 (1)	75
	88	88	88	9.1 (1)	74
	87	87	87	9 (1,2,4)	73
	86	86	86	8 (1,2,4)	72
	85	85	85	7.1 (1,2,4)	71
	84	84	84	7 (1,2,4)	70
	83	83	83	6.1 (1,2,4)	69
	81	82	81	6 (1,2,4)	68
	80	81	80	5.1 (1,2,3,4,*)	67
	79	80	79	5 (1,2,3,4,*)	66
	18	79	78	4 (1,2,3,4,*)	65
	17	78	77	3.2 (1,2,3,4,*)	64
	16	77	76	3.1 (1,2,3,4,*)	63
	15	76	75		62
	14	75	74		60
	13 (1)	74	73		58
	12 (1)	73	72		57
		72	71		56
		71	70		55
		70	69		54
		69	68		53
		68	67		52
		67	66		51
		66	65		50
		65	64		49
		64	63		48
		63	62		47
		62	61		46
		61	60		45
		60	59		44
		59	58		43
		58	57		42 (2)
		57	56		41 (2)
		56	55 (2)		40 (2)
		55	54 (2)		39 (2)
		54	53 (2)		38 (2)
		53	52 (2)		37 (1,2)
		52	51 (2)		36 (1,2)
		51	50 (1,2)		35 (1,2)
		50	49 (1,2)		34 (1,2)
		49 (2)	48 (1,2)		33 (1,2)
		48 (2)	47 (1,2)		32 (1,2)
		47 (2)	46 (1,2)		31 (1,2)
		46 (2)	45 (1,2)		30 (1,2)
		45 (2)	44 (1,2)		29 (1,2)
		44 (2)	43 (1,2)		28 (1,2)
		43 (2)	42 (1,2)		27 (1,2)
		42 (2)	41 (1,2)		26 (1,2)
		41 (2)	40 (1,2)		25 (1,2)
		40 (2)	39 (1,2)		24 (1,2)
		39 (2)	38 (1,2)		23 (1,2)
		38 (2)	37 (1,2)		22 (1,2)
		37 (2)	36 (1,2)		21 (1,2)
		36 (2)	35 (1,2)		20 (1,2)
		35 (2)	34 (1,2)		19 (1,2)
		34 (2)	33 (1,2)		18 (1,2)
		33 (2)	32 (1,2)		17 (1,2)
		32 (2)	31 (1,2)		16 (1,2)
		31 (2)	30 (1,2)		15 (1,2)
		30 (2)	29 (1,2,4)		12.1 (2,3,4,*)
		29 (2)	28 (1,2,4)		12 (2,3,4,*)
		28 (2)	27 (1,2,4)		11.6 (2,3,4,*)
		27 (2)	26 (1,2,4)		11.5 (2,3,4,*)
		26 (2)	25 (1,2,4)		11.1 (2,3,4,*)
		25 (2)	24 (1,2,4)		11 (2,3,4,*)
		24 (2)	23 (1,2,4)		10.6 (2,3,4)
		23 (2)	22 (1,2,4)		10.5 (2,3,4)
		22 (2)	21 (1,2,4)		10.0-10.1
		21 (2)	20 (1,2,4)		9.5-9.6
		20 (2)	19 (1,2,4)		9
		19 (2)	18 (1,2,4)
		18 (2)	17 (1,2,4)
		17 (2)	16 (1,2,4)
		16 (2)	15 (1,2,4)
		15 (2)	14 (1,2,3,4,*)
		14 (2,3,*)	13 (1,2,3,4,*)
		13 (2,3,*)	12 (1,2,3,4,*)
		12 (2,3,*)	11 (1,2,3,4,*)
		11 (2,3,*)	10 (1,2,3,4,*)
		10 (2,3,*)	9 (1,2,3,4,*)
		9 (2,3,*)	8 (1,2,3,4,*)
		8 (2,3,*)	7 (1,2,3,4,*)
		7 (2,3,*)	6 (1,2,3,4,*)
		6 (2,3,*)	5 (1,2,3,4,*)
		5 (2,3,*)	4 (1,2,3,4,*)
		4 (2,3,*)
		3.6 (2,3,*)
		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
16.1
16.0	all (2,3,4,*)	105	10 (1,2,4)	64	105	104	11	13.4	18.0	13.1	13.18	2.5 (2)
15.6		4.4.3-4.4.4 (1,2)	7 (1,2,3,4)	12.1 (2,3,4,*)			10		17.0
15.5		4.4 (1,2)		12 (2,3,4,*)					16.0
15.4		4.2-4.3 (1,2,3,4,*)		11.5 (2,3,4,*)					15.0
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15.2-15.3 (1)		4.1 (1,2,3,4,*)		11.1 (2,3,4,*)					14.0
15.0-15.1 (1)		4 (1,2,3,4,*)		11 (2,3,4,*)					13.0
14.5-14.8 (1)		3 (1,2,3,4,*)		10					12.0
14.0-14.4 (1)		2.3 (1,2,3,4,*)							11.1-11.2
13.4-13.7 (1)		2.2 (1,2,3,4,*)							10.1
13.3 (1)		2.1 (1,2,3,4,*)							9.2
13.2 (1)									8.2
13.0-13.1 (1)									7.2-7.4
12.2-12.5 (1)									6.2-6.4 (2)
12.0-12.1 (1)									5.0-5.4 (2)
11.3-11.4 (1)									4 (1,2)
11.0-11.2 (1)
10.3 (1)
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