CSS background-image Property
Example
body {
background-image: url("bg-paper.jpg");
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Meaning
The background-image property associates a background image with an element. Underlying content may show through transparent regions in the source image.
The background image requires a URL (absolute or relative) to link it to the source image specified with the url(image-file) syntax.
The default value is none and sets the background so that it doesn’t display an image.
| Default value: | none |
| Inherited: | No |
| Animatable: | No |
| Version: | CSS1 (new values in CSS3) |
| JavaScript syntax: | |
Standard Syntax
background-image: url(image-file)|none|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Status
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| url | The location of the image resource to be used as a background image. |
| none | The default value. If specified, no background image will be displayed. |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. |
| inherit | If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property. |
| revert | Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property |
| revert-layer | Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers. |
| unset | Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not. |
Default CSS Property Values
selectors {
background-image: none;
}