CSS background-origin Property
CSS background-origin property specifies the origin position of the background image for an element.
CSS background-origin property does not effect if background-attachment is fixed value.
Usages
The following table outline the usages and version history of this property.
| Default value: | padding-box |
| Applies to: | All elements |
| Inherited: | No |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript Syntax: | object.style.backgroundOrigin = "border-box" |
Syntax
Here is a syntax for the CSS background-origin property
background-position: padding-box | border-box | content-box | initial | inherit;
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| padding-box | Default. Specifies that background image positioned top left corner of the padding edge |
| border-box | Specifies that background image positioned top left corner of the border edge |
| content-box | Specifies that background image positioned top left corner of the content edge |
| initial | Sets default value of this property |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. |
Examples
The example below shows to sets background origin padding-box, border-box, content-box values.
.padding {
background-origin: padding-box;
}
.border {
background-origin: border-box;
}
.content {
background-origin: content-box;
}
Browser Compatibility
- Google Chrome 4+
- Mozilla Firefox 4+
- Internet Explorer 9+
- Opera 10.5+
- Safari 3.1+
Note: Here details of browser compatibility with version number may be this is bug and not supported. But recommended to always use latest Web browser.