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CSS background Property


Example

Set different background properties in one declaration:

body {
  background: lightblue url("img_tree.gif") no-repeat fixed center;
}
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Definition and Usage

The background property is a shorthand property for:

It does not matter if one of the values above are missing, e.g. background:#ff0000 url(smiley.gif); is allowed.

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Default value: see individual properties
Inherited: no
Animatable: yes, see individual properties. Read about animatable Try it
Version: CSS1 + new properties in CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.background="red url(smiley.gif) top left no-repeat" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
background 1.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 3.5

Note: See individual browser support for each value below.



CSS Syntax

background: bg-color bg-image position/bg-size bg-repeat bg-origin bg-clip bg-attachment initial|inherit;

Note: If one of the properties in the shorthand declaration is the bg-size property, you must use a / (slash) to separate it from the bg-position property, e.g. background:url(smiley.gif) 10px 20px/50px 50px; will result in a background image, positioned 10 pixels from the left, 20 pixels from the top, and the size of the image will be 50 pixels wide and 50 pixels high.

Note: If using multiple background-image sources but also want a background-color, the background-color parameter needs to be last in the list.

Property Values

Value Description CSS Demo
background-color Specifies the background color to be used 1 Demo ❯
background-image Specifies ONE or MORE background images to be used 1 Demo ❯
background-position Specifies the position of the background images 1 Demo ❯
background-size Specifies the size of the background images 3 Demo ❯
background-repeat Specifies how to repeat the background images 1 Demo ❯
background-origin Specifies the positioning area of the background images 3 Demo ❯
background-clip Specifies the painting area of the background images 3 Demo ❯
background-attachment Specifies whether the background images are fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page 1
initial Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial 3
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit 2

Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Background, CSS Backgrounds (advanced)

HTML DOM reference: background property