Quick Reference
The border-image-repeat property specifies whether the border image should be repeated, rounded, spaced or stretched.
div {
border-image-source: url(border_image.jpg);
border-image-repeat: repeat;
}Default
| Default value | stretch |
| Inherited values | no |
| Can it be animated? | no |
These are the allowed values.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| stretch | The image is stretched to fill the area (default) |
| repeat | The image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area |
| round | The image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area; if it doesn't fill the area with a whole number of tiles, the image is rescaled so that it fits |
| space | The image is tiled (repeated) to fill the area; if it does not fill the area with a whole number of tiles, the extra space is distributed around the tiles |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element |
Using JavaScript
The HTML element can also be styled using JavaScript and the element’s id.
document.getElementById('my_div').style.borderImageRepeat = 'repeat';<button onclick='my_function()'>Click Here</button>
<script>
function my_function() {
document.getElementById('my_div').style.borderImageRepeat = 'repeat';
}
</script>CSS Notes:
- The “inherit”, “initial” and “unset” keywords can be used with any CSS property to set its value
- In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property
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