How To Add Images to Backgrounds? - CSS Tutorials - HTML Formatting Model: Block, Inline and Floating Elements

One image can be specified to the background at a particular position. It can also be repeated in horizontal direction, vertical direction, or both directions with the following style properties:

• {background-image: url(moonrise.jpg)} - Specify an image to the background.
• {background-repeat: no-repeat} - Indicates that the image not to be repeated.
• {background-position: top right} - Indicates that the image to be positioned at the top right corner.
• {background-attachment: scroll} - Indicates that the image to be scrolled as the content.
• {background: transparent scroll} - Indicates that the image to be scrolled as the content.
• {background: transparent url(moonrise.jpg) no-repeat scroll top right} - Sets all background properties in one command.

The following tutorial exercise shows you a comparison of transparent and non-transparent backgrounds:

<html><head>
<style type="text/css">
  H1 {font-size: 20px}
  DIV.page {width: 450px; border: 1px solid black}
  TABLE#out {background-color: #ffdddd}
  TD#box {border: 1px solid black}
  P#one {width: 180px; height: 300px; 
    margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
    background: transparent url(moonrise.jpg)
      no-repeat scroll top right}
  P#two {width: 180px; height: 300px; 
    margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
    background: #ddddff url(moonrise.jpg)
      repeat-y scroll top right}
</style>
</head><body><div class="page">
<H1>Backgrounds with Images</H1>
<table id=out><tr>
<td id=box><p id=one>
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<td id=box><p id=two>
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</p></td>
</tr></table>
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<div></body></html>

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