CSS Background Properties

CSS Background Properties

The CSS background properties allow you to control the background color of an element, set an image as the background, repeat a background image vertically or horizontally, and position an image on a page.

Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.

W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).

Property	Description	Values	IE	F	N	W3C
background	A shorthand property for setting all background properties in one declaration	background-color background-image background-repeat background-attachment background-position	4	1	6	1
background-attachment	Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page	scroll fixed	4	1	6	1
background-color	Sets the background color of an element	color-rgb color-hex color-name transparent	4	1	4	1
background-image	Sets an image as the background	url(URL) none	4	1	4	1
background-position	Sets the starting position of a background image	top left top center top right center left center center center right bottom left bottom center bottom right x% y% xpos ypos	4	1	6	1
background-repeat	Sets if/how a background image will be repeated	repeat repeat-x repeat-y no-repeat	4	1	4	1