CSS background-image Property

CSS background-image Property

CSS background-image Property

The background-image property specifies background images for elements. There can be used one or more images.

By default, a background-image is vertically and horizontally repeated and placed at the top-left corner of the element.

The background of an element is the total size of it including padding and border (not margin).

If the image is unavailable, you need to specify a background-color.

Initial Valuenone
Applies toAll elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line.
InheritedNo.
AnimatableNo.
VersionCSS1 + some new values in CSS3
DOM Syntaxobject.style.backgroundImage = "url(img_tree.png)";

Syntax

background-image: url | none | linear-gradient | radial-gradient | repeat-linear-gradient | repeat-radial-gradient | initial | inherit;

Example of the background-image property: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background-image: url("/uploads/media/default/0001/02/55a2f152f59bf42a99b576d44a4578ec9daa0ab6.png");
        background-color: #8ebf42;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-image property example</h2>
    <p>Hello World!</p>
  </body>
</html>

CSS background-image Property


Example of the background-image property with other background properties: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        padding: 100px;
        background-image: url("/uploads/media/default/0001/02/55a2f152f59bf42a99b576d44a4578ec9daa0ab6.png"), url("/uploads/media/default/0001/01/b408569013c0bb32b2afb0f0d45e93e982347951.jpeg");
        background-attachment: fixed;
        background-position: 5px 50px;
        background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-image property example</h2>
    <p>The background image is positioned 5px from the left, and 50px down from the top.</p>
  </body>
</html>

In this example a "linear-gradient" with two colors is specified as a background image for a <div> element:

Example of the background-image property with the "linear-gradient" value: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      div {
        height: 300px;
        background-image: linear-gradient(#eee, #1c87c9);
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Linear gradient as a background image example</h2>
    <p>This linear gradient starts at the top. It starts gray, transitioning to blue:</p>
    <div></div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the background-image property with the "repeating-radial-gradient" value: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The title of the document</title>
    <style>
      div {
        height: 300px;
        background-color: #cccccc;
        background-image: repeating-radial-gradient(#8ebf42, #eee 15%, #ccc 30%);
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Radial gradient as a background image example</h2>
    <div></div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

ValueDescription
URLDefines the URL of the image. It can be specified more than one image separated by commas.
noneThere will not be any background image. It is the default value.
linear-gradientA linear gradient is specified as the background image.
radial-gradientA radial gradient is specified as the background image.
repeat-linear-gradientRepeats a linear gradient.
repeat-radial-gradientRepeats a radial gradient.
initialSets the property to its default value.
inheritInherits the property from its parent element.

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