HTML DOM Style borderImage Property


The borderImage property is used for setting or getting the border image of an element. It is a shorthand property, so that we can manipulate borderImageSource, borderImageSlice, borderImageWidth, borderImageOutset and borderImageRepeat properties at one go.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for −

Setting the borderImage property −

object.style.borderImage = "source slice width outset repeat|initial|inherit"

Values

The property values are explained as follows −

Sr.No
Values & Description
1
borderImageSource
It specifies the image path to be used as a border.
2
borderImageSlice
It specifies the image-border inward offsets.
3
borderImageWidth
It specifies the image-border width.
4
borderImageOutset
It specifies the border image area amount by which it extends beyond the border box.
5
borderImageRepeat
It specifies that the image-border should be rounded,repeated or stretched.
6
initial
For setting this property to initial value.
7
inherit
To inherit the parent property value

Example

Let us look at an example for the borderImage property−

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   #PARA1 {
      border: 15px solid transparent;
      padding: 12px;
      border-image: url("http://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/blockchain.png") 20 stretch;
      width: 100px;
   }
</style>
<script>
   function changeBorderImage(){
      document.getElementById("PARA1").style.borderImage="url('http://www.tutorialspoint.com/im
      ages/mongodb.png') 20 round";
      document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML="The border image is now changed";
   }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Learning is fun</h2>
<p id="PARA1">This is a sample paragraph. Here is another line</p>
<p>Change the above paragraph border image by clicking the below button</p>
<button onclick="changeBorderImage()">Change Border Image</button>
<p id="Sample"></p>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

On clicking the COLLAPSE BORDER button −

Updated on: 21-Aug-2019

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