Web/API/HTMLImageElement/border

ObsoleteThis feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

The obsolete HTMLImageElement property border specifies the number of pixels thick the border surrounding the image should be. A value of 0, the default, indicates that no border should be drawn.

You should not use this property! Instead, you should use CSS to style the border. The border property or its longhand properties to not only set the thickness of the border but to potentially apply a wide variety of other styling options to it.

The width, specifically, is controlled using the writing-mode aware border-block-start-width, border-block-end-width, border-inline-start-width, and border-inline-end-width properties.

For compatibility (or perhaps other) reasons, you can use the older properties instead (or in addition): border-top-width, border-right-width, border-bottom-width, and border-left-width.

Syntax

htmlImageElement.border = thickness;
let thickness = htmlImageElement.border;

Value

A DOMString containing an integer value specifying the thickness of the border that should surround the image, in CSS pixels. A value of 0, or an empty string, indicates that there should  be no border drawn. The default value of border is 0

Usage notes

Do not use border. It is obsolete. Instead, use the CSS border property and its longhand properties to establish borders around images.

For example, if you have the following HTML:

<img src="image.png" border="2">

The following will provide the same appearance using CSS instead of this obsolete property:

<img src="image.png" style="border: 2px;">

You can further provide additional information to change the color and other features of the border:

<img src="image.png" style="border: dashed 2px #333388;">

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'HTMLImageElement.border' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML 4.01 SpecificationThe definition of 'HTMLImageElement.border' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
border	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

HTMLImageElement.border by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.