CSS background

<!doctype html>
<title>Example</title>
<style>
.backgroundBox {
  width: 200px;
  padding: 3px 130px 3px 10px;
  background: url("/pix/samples/71.gif") gold 90% 30% no-repeat;
}
</style>
<div class="backgroundBox">
<p>This div element has had its properties set using the 'background' property which is shorthand for setting all background properties.</p>
</div>

The CSS background property is a shorthand property for setting the background of an HTML element.

This property enables you to set most background properties with one property.

The background property sets the following properties:

Syntax

Where

The number of comma-separated items defines the number of background layers.

Possible Values

bg-image: Sets the background-image property.
position: Sets the background-position property.
bg-size: Sets the background-size property.
repeat-style: Sets the background-repeat property.
attachment: Sets the background-attachment property.
box: If one box value is present then it sets both background-origin and background-clip to that value. If two values are present, then the first sets background-origin and the second background-clip.
'background-color': Sets the background-color property.

In addition, all CSS properties also accept the following CSS-wide keyword values as the sole component of their property value:

initial: Represents the value specified as the property's initial value.
inherit: Represents the computed value of the property on the element's parent.
unset: This value acts as either inherit or initial, depending on whether the property is inherited or not. In other words, it sets all properties to their parent value if they are inheritable or to their initial value if not inheritable.

General Information

Initial Value

This is based on the individual properties' values. Their initial values are as follows:

background-image: none
background-position: 0% 0%
background-size: auto
background-repeat: repeat
background-attachment: scroll
background-color: transparent
background-origin: padding-box
background-clip: border-box

Applies To

All elements

Inherited?

Media

Visual

Animatable

Yes (see example)

Example Code

Official Specifications

CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module Level 3 (W3C Candidate Recommendation 9 September 2014)
CSS Level 2.1 (W3C Recommendation 07 June 2011)
CSS Level 1 (W3C Recommendation 17 Dec 1996)

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