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Background Property

Background Property

The CSS background property allows one to declare all eight background properties at once using this a short-hand declaration¹.

The background property is specified as one or more background layers, separated by commas for the following properties²:

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

Syntax¹:

body {
  /* Using a <background-color> */
  background: green;
}

.error {
  /* Using a <bg-image> and <repeat-style> */
  background: url("test.jpg") repeat-y;
}

header {
  /* Using a <box> and <background-color> */
  background: border-box red;
}

.topbanner {
  /* A single image, centered and scaled */
  background: no-repeat center/80% url("../img/image.png");
}

Sources

1. Visit MDN's Background page for more information.
2. Visit W3School's CSS background Property page for more information.