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background-image

Description

Sets the background image of an element.

Syntax

{ background-image: url | none}

Remarks

This attribute is not inherited.

When setting a background image, one should also set a background color that will be used when the image is unavailable. When the image is available, it is overlaid on top of the background color.

Example

BODY { background-image: url(marble.gif) }
P { background-image: none }

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=password

Scripting Property

backgroundImage

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