CSS background-attachment Property

CSS background-image Property

Last Updated : 15 Oct, 2024

The background-image property allows you to set one or more background images for an element. It allows you to specify the image URL and combine it with other background properties to control its position, size, repeat behavior, and more, enhancing the visual design of web pages.

Syntax

element_selector {
    background-image: url('image_url')| none | initial | inherit;
}

Property Values

Values	Description
url(‘url’)	This specifies the URL of the image. To specify the URL of more than one image then separate the URLs using a comma.
none	This is the default case where no image can be displayed.
initial	It is used to set the property to its default value.
inherit	It inherits the property from its parent element.

The background-image property can also be used with the following values:

Values	Descriptions
linear-gradient()	It is used to set the linear-gradient background-image that is defined at least 2 color from top to bottom.
radial-gradient()	It is used to set the radial-gradient background-image that is defined at least 2 color from center to edge.

Basic Example

This example illustrates the background-image property by setting the url value as url.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>background-image property</title>
    <style>
        body {
            background-image: url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/rk.png");
            text-align: center;
        }

        h1,
        h3 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>background-image:url;</h3>
    <div>
        GeeksforGeeks: A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:

background-image-basic-example

Basic Example

CSS background-image Property Examples

Example 1: Background-image example with background position center and no repeat.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Align Items Example</title>
    <style>
        .image-prop {
            background-image: url(
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20240722155354/geeksforgeeks3.png");
            background-position: center;
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            width: 30rem;
            height: 25rem;
            background-color: bisque;
        }
      h1,h3 {
                color: black;
                text-align: center;
            }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div class="image-prop">
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h3>background-image:url;</h3>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:

background-image-property-example-1

CSS background-image Property Example

Example 2: Background-image example with background position center, no repeat and cover.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Align Items Example</title>
    <style>
        .image-prop {
            background-image: url(
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20240722155354/geeksforgeeks3.png");
            background-size: cover;
            background-position: center;
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            width: 30rem;
            height: 27rem;
            background-color: bisque;
        }

        h1,
        h3 {
            color: black;
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <div class="image-prop">
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h3>background-image:url;</h3>
        <h3>background-position: center;</h3>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:

background-image-property-example-2

CSS background-image Property Example

Example 3: Background Image with none, This example illustrates the background-image property by setting the url value as none.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>background-image property</title>
    <style>
        body {
            background-image: url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/rk.png") none;
        }

        h1,
        h3 {
            color: green;
        }

        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>background-image:url none;</h3>
    <div>
        GeeksforGeeks: A computer science portal for geeks
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:

background-image-property-example-3

CSS background-image Property Example

Example 4: Background-image property by setting the url value as initial.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>CSS background-image property</title>
    <style>
        body {
            background-image: url("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/rk.png") initial;
        }

        h1,
        h3 {
            color: green;
        }

        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>CSS background-image:url initial;</h3>
</body>

</html>

Output:

background-image-property-example-4

CSS background-image Property Example

Supported Browsers

The browser supported by background-image Property are listed below:

CSS background-attachment Property

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