CSS background-position-x Property

CSS background-position-x Property

CSS background-position-x Property


The background-position-x property sets the horizontal position for each background. One or more values can be specified separated by commas.

By default, a background-image is positioned at the element’s top-left corner and repeated both horizontally and vertically.

Negative values are valid.
Initial Valueleft
Applies toAll elements.
InheritedNo.
AnimatableNo.
VersionCSS3
DOM Syntaxobject.style.backgroundPositionX = "right";

Syntax

background-position-x: left | center | right | length | percentage | initial | inherit;

Example of the background-position-x property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background: #ccc url("/build/images/web-logo-black.png") repeat-y;
        background-position-x: 70%;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-x property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the background-position-x property with the "center" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background: #ccc url("/build/images/web-logo-black.png") repeat-x;
        background-position-x: center;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-x property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the background-position-x property with the "left" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background: #ccc url("/build/images/w3docs-logo-black.png") repeat-y;
        background-position-x: left;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-x property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the background-position-x property with the "length" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background: #ccc url("/build/images/web-logo-black.png") repeat-y;
        background-attachment: fixed;
        background-position-x: 30px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

Values

ValueDescription
leftSpecifies the alignment of the left edge of the background image with the left edge of the background position layer.
centerSpecifies the alignment of the center of the background image with the center of the background position layer.
rightSpecifies the alignment of the right edge of the background image with the right edge of the background position layer.
lengthSpecifies the offset of the given background image's left vertical edge from the background position layer's left vertical edge.
percentageSpecifies the offset of the background image's horizontal position relative to the container. 0% aligns the left edge of the background image with the left edge of the container, and 100% aligns the right edge of the background image with the right edge of the container, and 50% horizontally centers the background image.
initialSets the property to its default value.
inheritInherits the property from its parent element.
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