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Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
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Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

by Eric A. Meyer
March 2004
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
528 pages
16h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

background

Synopsis

This is a shorthand method to express all of the individual background properties within a single declaration. Use of this property is generally encouraged over the individual properties as it has a slightly better support profile in older browsers and doesn’t take as long to type.

Values:

[ <background-color> || <background-image> || <background-repeat> || <background-attachment> || <background-position> ] | inherit

Initial value:

refer to individual properties

Applies to:

all elements

Inherited:

no

Percentages:

values are allowed for <background-position>

Computed value:

see individual properties

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