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Set the Background Properties

By Stephen Bucaro

Use the background property as a shorthand method to set multiple background properties in one declaration. The properties must be in the order: color, image, position, repeat but you can leave some properties out and the browser will use a default value for those properties.

Below is an example of using inline style to set the border properties for a div.

<div style="background: #b0ffb0 url(bkgndimg.gif) top right no-repeat">Text</div>

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These style rules result in a green background color with a purple image in the upper-right corner that does not repeat, but scrolls with the background.

background Syntax

background: color image position size repeat origin clip attachment

Property	Description
color	background color
image	background image
position	position of background image
size	size of the background image
repeat	no-repeat\|repeat\|repeat-x\|repeat-y
origin	position area of the background image
clip	painting area of the background image
attachment	whether the background image is fixed or scrolls

• One more attribute you can specify at end of the background property is inherit (requires no value). If the parent element sets the background property and the child element sets the background property, leaving out a value, the child element will use the value set in the parent.

More CSS Quick Reference:
• Specifying Color
• Set an Element's Margin
• Set an Element's Overlap (z-index)
• Use word-wrap Property to allow Line Breaks in the Middle of Words
• position:absolute
• Set the Border Color
• Use an Embedded Style Sheet
• Set the Background Properties
• Set the Background Color
• CSS background-origin Positions Background