This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The mask-border-width CSS property sets the width of an element's mask border.
/* Keyword value */ mask-border-width: auto; /* <length> value */ mask-border-width: 1rem; /* <percentage> value */ mask-border-width: 25%; /* <number> value */ mask-border-width: 3; /* top and bottom | left and right */ mask-border-width: 2em 3em; /* top | left and right | bottom */ mask-border-width: 5% 15% 10%; /* top | right | bottom | left */ mask-border-width: 5% 2em 10% auto; /* Global values */ mask-border-width: inherit; mask-border-width: initial; mask-border-width: revert; mask-border-width: revert-layer; mask-border-width: unset;
The mask-border-width property may be specified using one, two, three, or four values chosen from the list of values below.
<length-percentage>The width of the mask border, specified as a <length> or a <percentage>. Percentages are relative to the width of the border area for horizontal offsets and the height of the border area for vertical offsets. Must not be negative.
<number>The width of the mask border, specified as a multiple of the corresponding border-width. Must not be negative.
autoThe width of the mask border is made equal to the intrinsic width or height (whichever is applicable) of the corresponding mask-border-slice. If the image does not have the required intrinsic dimension, the corresponding border-width is used instead.
| Initial value | auto |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements; In SVG, it applies to container elements excluding the <defs> element and all graphics elements |
| Inherited | no |
| Percentages | relative to width/height of the mask border image area |
| Computed value | as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengths |
| Animation type | discrete |
mask-border-width =
[ <length-percentage> | <number> | auto ]{1,4}
<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>
mask-border-width defines the width of the border mask — setting this to a different value to mask-border-slice will cause the slices to be scaled to fit the border mask.
/* Final mask scaled down to 20px wide */ mask-border-slice: 30 fill; mask-border-width: 20px;
Chromium-based browsers support an outdated version of this property — mask-box-image-width — with a prefix:
-webkit-mask-box-image-width: 20px;
Note: The mask-border page features a working example (using the out-of-date prefixed border mask properties supported in Chromium), so you can get an idea of the effect.
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Masking Module Level 1> # the-mask-border-width> |
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
mask-border-width |
1 | 79 | No | 15 | 17.23.1 | 18 | No | 14 | 17.22 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 17.22 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/mask-border-width