Using image for borders

[Leo Smith]

I have a simple question. If you are using the latest versions of Firefox and IE, can you use an image for a border on a div element or table element? I would like to have a shadow that is defined in the CSS file that does not require placing another object behind the element that is to cast the shadow.

Thanks,
Leo

[drhowarddrfine]

Simple answer: no.

[KevinADC]

Yea, there is no suppport for images wth borders, but maybe one of the border-styles could be used to create the affect you want or near to it.

inset
outset
groove
ridge

and using different colors/shades for the various sides might create an affect close to what you want.

[Leo Smith]

That is what I thought. Some had told me that they had thought the newer browsers could handle this.

[KevinADC]

Well, not that I know of, but I am a little out of date as far as CSS goes. I found this but it's just a draft document:

CSS3 module border

[Christopera]

Why wouldnt you just want to put one div on top of the other?

[AricC]

Why wouldnt you just want to put one div on top of the other?

That's not a bad idea, but you would then be loading 2 pics.

[Christopera]

That's not a bad idea, but you would then be loading 2 pics.

I can see doing this rather easily, the center of the background/border pictures could be either transparent or unicolor and hence load extremely fast.

[Leo Smith]

The reason for not putting two divs on top of each other is simply the graphic that is disired is a gradiant. The side closest to the frame that is on top is darker than the edge, and it has a level of transparency. This makes some aspects of the layout difficult but makes a cool looking page. The CSS 3.0 would fix the prblem, but it doesn't look like anyone is using it yet. Thanks for all the suggestion.