Flash cards
Review the key moves
What is the main idea behind CSS Multiple Backgrounds?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
Complete the missing token from the example code.
___-image: url(img_flwr.gif), url(paper.gif);Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
CSS allows you to add multiple background images for an element, through the background-image property.
The different background images are separated by commas, and the images are stacked on top of each other, where the first image is closest to the viewer.
The following example has two background images, the first image is a flower (aligned to the right-bottom) and the second image is a paper-like background (aligned to the top-left corner):
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Example
#example1 {
background-image: url(img_flwr.gif), url(paper.gif);
background-position: right bottom, left top;
background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
}Live preview
Multiple background images can be specified using either the individual background properties (as above) or with the background shorthand property.
The following example uses the background shorthand property (same result as example above):
Example
#example1 {
background: url(img_flwr.gif) right bottom
no-repeat, url(paper.gif) left top repeat;
}Live preview
CSS Advanced Background Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| background | A shorthand property for setting all the background properties in one declaration |
| background-clip | Specifies the painting area of the background |
| background-image | Specifies one or more background images for an element |
| background-origin | Specifies where the background image(s) is/are positioned |
| background-size | Specifies the size of the background image(s) |