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 |
