Set a Background Image's Position

By Stephen Bucaro

Set a background image's Position in an html element using the background-image property to specify the image, the background-repeat property with the no-repeat value, and the background-position property to specify the position of the image.

Center a Backgound Image on a Webpage

<style type="text/css">
body
{ 
background-image: url('imagename.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center; 
}
</style>

Place a Backgound Image in Top Left of a Webpage

<style type="text/css">
body
{ 
background-image: url('imagename.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: top left; 
}
</style>

Center a Backgound Image in a DIV

<style type="text/css">
.mydiv
{
width:400px;
background-image: url('imagename.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
height: 110px;  
}
</style>

<div class="mydiv">
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Place a Backgound Image at a Specific Location in a DIV

Place a background image at a specific location in a span with the background-position property, specifying an x (horizontal) offset and a y (vertical) offset.

<style type="text/css">
.mydiv2
{
width:400px;
background-image: url('imagename.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position:  10px 10px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
height: 110px;
}
</style>

<div class="mydiv2">
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</div>

More CSS Quick Reference:
• Indent the First Line of Text
• Set The Cursor Style
• Set an Element's Overlap (z-index)
• Set the Background Color
• position:fixed
• Set List Bullets Position
• How to Define and Apply a Style Class
• Set the Font Variant
• Set the Border Style
• Set an Element's Overflow

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