CSS background - Shorthand property
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the background properties in one single property. This is called a shorthand property.
Instead of writing
body {
background-color: #ffffff;
background-image: url("img_tree.png");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right top;
}You can use the shorthand property background :
Example
Formatted code
body {
background: #ffffff url("img_tree.png") no-repeat right top;
}Live preview
The background property is a shorthand property for the following properties:
- background-color
- background-image
- background-position
- background-size
- background-repeat
- background-attachment
- background-origin
- background-clip
If some of the property values are missing, they will be set to their initial (default) values.
All CSS Background Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| background | Sets all the background properties in one declaration |
| background-attachment | Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page |
| background-clip | Specifies the painting area of the background |
| background-color | Sets the background color of an element |
| background-image | Sets the background image for an element |
| background-origin | Specifies where the background image(s) is/are positioned |
| background-position | Sets the starting position of a background image |
| background-repeat | Sets how a background image will be repeated |
| background-size | Specifies the size of the background image(s) |