CSS backgrounds
The background property of CSS allows us to set background effects for html elements.
The following are various CSS background properties:
background-color
background-image
background-repeat
background-attachment
background-position
background
background-color
used to set color for the background of any html element
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background-color: lightblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<p>This page has a light blue background color!</p>
</body>
</html>
background-image
used to set an image as background of a html element
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background-image: url(“paper.gif”);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<p>This page has an image as the background!</p>
</body>
</html>
background-repeat
used to repeatedly apply a background image across the web page when it is smaller in size. The values for this property are: no-repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background-image: url(“img_tree.png”);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<p>W3Schools background image example.
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W3Schools background image example.
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W3Schools background image example.
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W3Schools background image example.
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W3Schools background image example.
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W3Schools background image example.
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</p>
<p>The background image only shows once, but it is disturbing the reader!</p>
</body>
</html>
background-position
used to specify the position of the background image in the web page
background-attachment
used to specify whether to display the background image fixed or scrolled along with the text while user scrolling.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background-image: url(“img_tree.png”);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right top;
margin-right: 200px;
background-attachment: fixed;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The background-attachment Property</h1>
<p>The background-attachment property specifies whether the background image should scroll or be fixed (will not scroll with the rest of the page).</p>
<p><strong>Tip:</strong> If you do not see any scrollbars, try to resize the browser window.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
</body>
</html>