CSS background-position-x Property

Last Updated : 31 Aug, 2022

The CSS background-position-x property is used to set the initial horizontal position for the background image i.e. it is used to set an image at a certain position in a horizontal direction. The position is relative to the positioning layer, which can be set by using the CSS background-origin property.

Syntax:

background-position-x: value;

Property Value:

left: It is used to set the image at the left position.
center: It is used to set the image at the horizontal center position.
right: It is used to set the image in the right position.
length: It is used to set the image at the horizontal position of the given length.
percentage: It is used to set the image at the horizontal position in terms of percentage height.
initial: It is used to set its default value. Its default value is 0%.
inherit: It inherits this property value from its parent elements.

Example 1: The following code demonstrates the CSS background-position-x property. The image is visible on the left side.

HTML

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

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content=
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <title>CSS background-position-x Property</title>

    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
            background-image: url(
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/cdn-uploads/20210203171024/CSSTutorial.png");
            background-size: 500px;
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            background-attachment: fixed;
            background-position-y: 30%;
            background-position-x: 30%;
        }

        h1 {
            color: green;
        }

        img {
            width: 100px;
            height: 100px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <h3>
        CSS background-position-x Property
    </h3>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Example 2: The following code demonstrates the CSS background-position-x property showing the image on the right side.

HTML

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

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content=
        "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <title>CSS background-position-x Property</title>

    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
            background-image: url(
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/cdn-uploads/20210203171024/CSSTutorial.png");
            background-size: 500px;
            background-repeat: no-repeat;
            background-attachment: fixed;
            background-position-y: 30%;
            background-position-x: right;
        }

        h1 {
            color: green;
        }

        img {
            width: 100px;
            height: 100px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <h3>
        CSS background-position-x Property
    </h3>
</body>

</html>