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animation
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border
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box
caption-side
clear
clip
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target
text
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word-wrap
z-index

CSS background Property

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Example

Set multiple background images (and specify their positions) for a div element:

div
{
background:url(smiley.gif) top left no-repeat,
url(sqorange.gif) bottom left no-repeat,
url(sqgreen.gif) bottom right no-repeat;
}

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The background property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: IE8 and earlier do not support multiple background images on one element.

Note: The value "inherit" is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 supports "inherit".

Definition and Usage

The background shorthand property sets all the background properties in one declaration.

The properties that can be set, are: background-color, background-position, background-size, background-repeat, background-origin, background-clip, background-attachment, and background-image.

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

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

Syntax

background: color position size repeat origin clip attachment image;

Value Description CSS
background-color Specifies the background color to be used 1
background-position Specifies the position of the background images 1
background-size Specifies the size of the background images 3
background-repeat Specifies how to repeat the background images 1
background-origin Specifies the positioning area of the background images 3
background-clip Specifies the painting area of the background images 3
background-attachment Specifies whether the background images are fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page 1
background-image Specifies ONE or MORE background images to be used 1

Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Background

CSS3 tutorial: CSS3 Backgrounds

HTML DOM reference: background property

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