The CSS Background Property

The CSS background property explained

By using the CSS background property, you can modify the background of any element:

body {
    background: lightblue url("pom-laptop.png") repeat fixed right;
}

It is actually a CSS background shorthand for eight separate subproperties:

• background-image
• background-position
• background-size
• background-repeat
• background-attachment
• background-origin
• background-clip
• background-color

Syntax for the CSS background property

As we are using the CSS background shorthand here, you don't need to list the names of subproperties – only the values themselves:

background: image position / size repeat attachment origin clip color;

You do not need to define all the values. However, position and size do need to come in a pair, separated by a slash. It is also recommended to follow the order displayed in the syntax example.

You can see all the values for the CSS background property defined in the table below.

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Property Values

Browser support

Chrome

1+

Edge

12+

Firefox

1+

IE

4+

Opera

3.5+

Safari

1+

Mobile browser support

Chrome

18+

Firefox

4+

Opera

10.1+

Safari

1+