CSS Background

All CSS Background Properties

The number in the "CSS" column indicates in which CSS version the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).

Property	Description	Values
background	Sets all the background properties in one declaration	background-color background-image background-repeat background-attachment background-position inherit
background-attachment	Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page	scroll fixed inherit
background-color	Sets the background color of an element	color-rgb color-hex color-name transparent inherit
background-image	Sets the background image for an element	url(URL) none inherit
background-position	Sets the starting position of a background image	left top left center left bottom right top right center right bottom center top center center center bottom x% y% xpos ypos inherit
background-repeat	Sets if/how a background image will be repeated	repeat repeat-x repeat-y no-repeat inherit

<table style ="background-image:url(/images/pattern1.gif);">

<table style ="background-image:url(/images/pattern1.gif); background-repeat:repeat;”>

Shorthand Property

You can use the background property to set all the background properties at once. For example:

<p style="background:url(/images/pattern1.gif) repeat fixed;">

This parapgraph has fixed repeated background image.

</p>