# Animating CSS border-image

DevFeed: [Animating CSS border-image](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/animating-css-border-image-4256.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://css-tricks.com/animating-css-border-image/>)

Author: Preethi

Published: 2026-08-10T15:58:47Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CSS-Tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/css-tricks.md>)

Topics: [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [animation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/animation.md>), [articles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/articles.md>), [border-image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/border-image.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [css-animation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css-animation.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [user-interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interfaces.md>)

## AI overview

A CSS tutorial on animating border images with gradients to create interface effects, including limitations and a basic HTML/CSS setup.

## Source excerpt

Border images are an overlooked feature. One neat fact is that border image slices can run across entire borders on an element, and animating it creates beautiful effects. Animating CSS border-image originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.