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CSS background-origin Property


Example

Let the background image start from the upper left corner of the content:

#example1 {
  border: 10px double black;
  padding: 25px;
  background: url(paper.gif);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-origin: content-box;
}
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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.


Definition and Usage

The background-origin property specifies the origin position (the background positioning area) of a background image.

Note: This property has no effect if background-attachment is "fixed".

Default value: padding-box
Inherited: no
Animatable: no. Read about animatable
Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.backgroundOrigin="content-box" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
background-origin 4.0 9.0 4.0 3.0 10.5

CSS Syntax

background-origin: padding-box|border-box|content-box|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value Description Play it
padding-box Default value. The background image starts from the upper left corner of the padding edge Play it »
border-box The background image starts from the upper left corner of the border Play it »
content-box The background image starts from the upper left corner of the content Play it »
initial Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial Play it »
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

More Examples

Example

Set two background images for a <div> element. Let the "paper.gif" background image starts from the upper left corner of the padding edge, and let the "img_tree.gif" background image starts from the upper left corner of the content:

#example1 {
  border: 10px double black;
  padding: 25px;
  background: url(img_tree.gif), url(paper.gif);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-origin: content-box, padding-box;
}
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Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Backgrounds

HTML DOM reference: backgroundOrigin property