border-image-outset

Important

This documentation is preliminary and subject to change.

Sets how a border image is scaled and repeated.

Syntax

{ border-image-outset: sOutset }

Possible values

sOutset

String that specifies the amount by which the border-image-area is drawn outside of the border box.

This property has a default value of 0. It is not inherited.

Remarks

Up to four values may be specified for top, right, bottom, and left.

If fewer than four values are specified, they are applied as follows:

A, B, C, D

Value A is applied to the top side; value B is applied to the right side; value C is applied to the bottom; value D is applied to the left side.

A, B, C

Value A is applied to the top side; value B is applied to the right and left sides; value C is applied to the bottom side.

A, B

Value A is applied to the top and bottom; value B is applied to the right and left sides.

A

Value A is applied to all four sides.

Standards information

This property is defined in CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 Gg721761.xtlink_newWindow(en-us,Expression.40).png.

Applies to

a, address, b, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, col, colgroup, custom, dd, defaults, dfn, div, dl, dt, em, fieldset, form, hn, html, i, img, input type=button, input type=checkbox, input type=file, input type=image, input type=password, input type=radio, input type=reset, input type=submit, input type=text, li, ol, p, s, span, sub, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, var, xmp

See also

Concepts

border-image
border-image-repeat
border-image-slice
border-image-source

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