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    Introduction

    The background shorthand CSS property sets all background style properties at once, such as background-clip,background-color,background-image,background-origin,background-position,background-repeat,background-size.

    Examples

    Syntax

    /* Using a <background-color> */
    background: green;
    
    /* Using a <bg-image> and <repeat-style> */
    background: url('test.jpg') repeat-y;
    
    /* Using a <box> and <background-color> */
    background: border-box red;
    
    /* A single image, centered and scaled */
    background: no-repeat center / 80% url('../img/image.png');

    The background property is specified as one or more background layers, separated by commas.

    The syntax of each layer is as follows:

    The background-color value may only be included in the last layer specified.

    Values

    <box>

    See background-clip and background-origin

    <background-color>

    See background-color

    <bg-image>

    See background-image

    <position>

    See background-position

    <repeat-style>

    See background-repeat

    <bg-size>

    See background-size

    Note

    • The background-color must be written in the last image, otherwise the parser will consider it an invalid background. For example: background: red url('./a.png'), url('./b.png);' will be ignored as an error. The correct way to write it should be: background: url('./a.png'),red url('./b.png);

    Formal definition

    Initial valuebackground-image: none
    background-position: 0% 0%
    background-size: auto auto
    background-repeat: repeat
    background-origin: padding-box
    background-clip: border-box
    background-color: transparent
    Applies toall elements
    Inheritedno
    Animatableno

    Formal Syntax

    [ <bg-layer> , ]* <final-bg-layer>
    
    where
    
    <bg-layer> = <bg-image> || <bg-position> [ / <bg-size> ]? || <repeat-style> || <box> || <box>
    <final-bg-layer> = <'background-color'> || <bg-image> || <bg-position> [ / <bg-size> ]? || <repeat-style> || <attachment> || <box> || <box>
    
    where
    
    <bg-image> = none | <image>
    <bg-position> = [ [ left | center | right | top | bottom | <length-percentage> ] | [ left | center | right | <length-percentage> ] [ top | center | bottom | <length-percentage> ] | [ center | [ left | right ] <length-percentage>? ] && [ center | [ top | bottom ] <length-percentage>? ] ]
    <bg-size> = [ <length-percentage> | auto ]{1,2} | cover | contain
    <repeat-style> = repeat-x | repeat-y | [ repeat | space | round | no-repeat ]{1, 2}
    <box> = border-box | padding-box | content-box
    
    where
    
    <image> = <url> | <gradient>
    <length-percentage> = <length> | <percentage>
    
    where
    
    <gradient> = <linear-gradient> | <radial-gradient>
    

    Difference between web

    • <bg-layer> does not support the <attachment>
    • <image> only support <url> and <gradient>

      _These properties are also supported in web such as <image-set><element()><paint()><cross-fade()> _

    • <gradient> only support <linear-gradient> and <radial-gradient>

      These properties are also supported in web such as <repeating-linear-gradient()>,<radial-gradient()>,<repeating-radial-gradient()>,<conic-gradient()>

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