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== background-color ==
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The 'background-color' property sets the background color of an element.
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[Syntax]
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<pre>
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background-color: <color>
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</pre>
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* color: Specifies a color value:<br />
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** [http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4 color keywords]
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** [http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#numerical color values]
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=== Example ===
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[style.css]
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<pre>
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body{
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  background-color: red;
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}
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</pre>
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[index.html]
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<pre>
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<body>
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<p>This is a paragraph</p>
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</body>
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</pre>
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[[File:Cssed_back_color.png]]
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== background-image ==
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The 'background-image' property sets the background image of an element.
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[Syntax]
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<pre>
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background-image: <uri> | none
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</pre>
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* uri
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The functional notation used to designate URIs in property values is "url()":
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<pre>
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background-image: url(images/image.png);
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</pre>
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'''''Note: You should also specify a background color that will be used when the image is unavailable. The background color sets the color that looks like the set background image.'''''
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=== Example ===
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* Sets the W3C logo to the background image.
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[style.css]
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<pre>
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body{
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  background-image: url(images/logo.png);
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}
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</pre>
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[index.html]
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<pre>
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<body>
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<p>This is a paragraph</p>
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</body>
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</pre>
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[[File:Cssed_bgimage.png|700px]]
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'''''By default, the background image is spread like a tile.'''''
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== background-repeat ==
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The 'background-repeat' property specifies whether the image is repeated
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[Syntax]
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<pre>
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background-repeat: repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat
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</pre>
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* repeat: The image is repeated both horizontally and vertically.
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* repeat-x: The image is repeated horizontally only.
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* repeat-y: The image is repeated vertically only.
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* no-repeat: The image is not repeated: only one copy of the image is drawn.
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=== Example ===
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[style.css]
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<pre>
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body{
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  background-image: url(images/logo.png);
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  background-repeat: repeat-x;
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}
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</pre>
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[index.html]
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<pre>
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<body>
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<p>This is a paragraph</p>
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</body>
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</pre>
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[[File:Cssed_bgrepeat.png|700px]]
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See also [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/colors.html#background 14.2 The background].
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== Challenge ==
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1. Specifies the image for the background.
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[style.css]
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<pre>
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body{
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  color: #333333;
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  font-size: 0.9em;
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  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
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  background-image: url(images/bg.gif);
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  background-repeat: repeat;
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}
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</pre>
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2. Sets the color ''and'' the image of the background in the main contents area.
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[style.css]
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<pre>
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#wrapper{
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  width: 900px;
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  margin: 0px auto;
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  background-color: #ffffff;
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  background-image: url(images/logo.png);
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  background-repeat: no-repeat;
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}
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</pre>
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[[File:Cssed_background.png|700px]]
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 04:35, 3 May 2016

In Cascading Style Sheets, the background is behind the border, padding and content, but not in the margin.

Diagram

CSS-Background.png


background-color

The 'background-color' property sets the background color of an element.

[Syntax] 

background-color: <color>


Example

[style.css] 

body{
  background-color: red;
}

[index.html] 

<body>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
</body>

Cssed back color.png

background-image

The 'background-image' property sets the background image of an element.

[Syntax] 

background-image: <uri> | none
  • uri

The functional notation used to designate URIs in property values is "url()": 

background-image: url(images/image.png);

Note: You should also specify a background color that will be used when the image is unavailable. The background color sets the color that looks like the set background image.


Example

  • Sets the W3C logo to the background image.

[style.css] 

body{
  background-image: url(images/logo.png);
}

[index.html] 

<body>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
</body>

700px

By default, the background image is spread like a tile.


background-repeat

The 'background-repeat' property specifies whether the image is repeated

[Syntax] 

background-repeat: repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat
  • repeat: The image is repeated both horizontally and vertically.
  • repeat-x: The image is repeated horizontally only.
  • repeat-y: The image is repeated vertically only.
  • no-repeat: The image is not repeated: only one copy of the image is drawn.


Example

[style.css] 

body{
  background-image: url(images/logo.png);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

[index.html] 

<body>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
</body>

700px

See also 14.2 The background.


Challenge

1. Specifies the image for the background.

[style.css] 

body{
  color: #333333;
  font-size: 0.9em;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
  background-image: url(images/bg.gif);
  background-repeat: repeat;
}

2. Sets the color and the image of the background in the main contents area.

[style.css] 

#wrapper{
  width: 900px;
  margin: 0px auto;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  background-image: url(images/logo.png);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

700px


See also

External links

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