CSS border-image-slice Property
Last Updated :
11 Jul, 2025
In CSS the border-image-slice property is used to divide or slice an image specified by border-image-source property.
The border-slice property divides a given image into:
- 9 regions
- 4 corners
- 4 edges
- A middle region.
Note: The middle region remains transparent as default and fill value is used to make it opaque/translucent.
The below image illustrates the regions mentioned above:

- The regions 1, 3, 7, and 9 are the corner regions.
- The regions 2, 4, 6, and 8 are the edge regions.
- The region 5 is the middle region.
Syntax:
border-image-slice= value;
Default Value: Its default value is 100%.
Property values: This causes
| Value | Effect/Functionality |
|---|
| Number | Represents an edge offset in pixels for raster images and coordinates for vector images. (See: vector vs raster graphics) |
| Percentage | Represents an edge offset as a percentage of the source image's size: the width of the image for horizontal offsets, and the height for vertical offsets. |
| Fill | Causes the middle region to be displayed as a background image. |
| Initial | Initializes the property to its default value. |
| Inherit | Inherits the value of the property from its parent element. |
The below program illustrates the border-image-slice Property:
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
CSS | border-image-slice Property
</title>
<style>
body {
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
.border1 {
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image-source:
url(
'http://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png');
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-slice: 30;
border-image-width: 20px;
}
.border2 {
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image-source:
url(
'http://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png');
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-slice: 30%;
border-image-width: 20px;
}
.border3 {
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image-source:
url(
'http://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png');
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-slice: fill;
border-image-width: 20px;
}
.border4 {
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image-source: url(
'http://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png');
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-slice: initial;
border-image-width: 20px;
}
.border5 {
border: 10px solid transparent;
padding: 15px;
border-image-source: url(
'http://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/border1-2.png');
border-image-repeat: round;
border-image-slice: inherit;
border-image-width: 20px;
}
div {
margin-top: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>border-image-slice property</h2>
<div class="border1">Border 1</div>
<div class="border2">Border 2</div>
<div class="border3">Border 3</div>
<div class="border4">Border 4</div>
<div class="border5">Border 5</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:

Supported Browser: The browser supported by the border-image property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 15 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Firefox 15.0 and above
- Opera 15.0 and above
- Safari 6.0 and above