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CSS Properties: How to set image is stretched to fill the area?

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Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declaration of HTML5 document type -->
<html>
<head>
<title>How to set image is stretched to fill the area</title><!-- Title of the HTML document -->
<style type="text/css">/* CSS style start*/
div {
border: 15px solid transparent; /* Sets a transparent solid border with 15px width for <div> elements */
padding: 15px; /* Sets 15px padding for <div> elements */
border-image: url(https://www.w3resource.com/w3r_images/border.png); /* Specifies the border image source */
border-image-slice: 30; /* Sets the size of the border image slices to 30 */
border-image-repeat: stretch; /* Specifies that the border image should be stretched to fill the area */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>Here, the middle sections of the image are repeated to create the border.</div><!-- <div> element demonstrating the stretched border image -->
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

  • This HTML document demonstrates how to set an image to be stretched to fill the area as the border around an element.
  • The border property sets a transparent solid border with a width of 15 pixels for <div> elements.
  • The padding property sets 15 pixels of padding for <div> elements.
  • border-image: url(https://www.w3resource.com/w3r_images/border.png); specifies the border image source. It uses the image specified in the URL.
  • border-image-slice: 30; sets the size of the border image slices to 30 pixels.
  • border-image-repeat: stretch; specifies that the border image should be stretched to fill the area.

Live Demo:

See the Pen border-image-repeat-round-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.


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