CSS background Property

Description

The background property is a shorthand property for setting most background properties at the same place in the style sheet. The number of comma-separated items defines the number of background layers. Given a valid declaration, for each layer the shorthand first sets the corresponding layer of each of background-image, background-position, background-size, background-repeat, background-origin, background-clip and background-attachment to that property's initial value, then assigns any explicit values specified for this layer in the declaration. Finally background-color is set to the specified color, if any, else set to its initial value.

Initial value: See individual properties
Applies to: All elements
Inherited: No
Media: Visual
Computed value: See individual properties
Animatable: See individual properties
CSS Version: CSS1, CSS2, CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.background

Syntax

background: [ <bg-layer> , ]* <final-bg-layer>

Values

<bg-layer> = <bg-image> || <position> [ / <bg-size> ]? || <repeat-style> || <attachment> || <box> || <box>
<final-bg-layer> = <bg-image> || <position> [ / <bg-size> ]? || <repeat-style> || <attachment> || <box> || <box> || <'background-color'>

<bg-image>See background-image CSS property for values.
<position>See background-position CSS property for values.
<bg-size>See background-size CSS property for values.
<repeat-style>See background-repeat CSS property for values.
<box>See background-origin CSS property for values.
<box>See background-clip CSS property for values.
<attachment>See background-attachment CSS property for values.
<background-color>See background-color CSS property for values.
inherit

Example

HTML

<div class="background">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</div>

CSS

body {
   background: #98c8b8;
}
.background {
   padding: 30px;
   background: #e7e887;
   border: 1px solid red;
}

Result

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Browser Support

Desktop

4	12	1	1	3.5	1

Tablets / Mobile

2	18	4	10.1	1	1.0

Last updated by CSSPortal on: 16th October 2019

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