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Style Object backgroundPosition Property


Style Object Reference Style Object

Definition and Usage

The backgroundPosition property sets the position of a background-image.

Note: For this to work in Mozilla, the background-attachment property must be set to "fixed".

Syntax

Object.style.backgroundPosition=position

Parameter Description
top left
top center
top right
center left
center center
center right
bottom left
bottom center
bottom right
If you only specify one keyword, the second value will be "center".
x% y% The x value indicates the horizontal position and the y value indicates the vertical position. The top left corner is 0% 0%. The right bottom corner is 100% 100%. If you only specify one value, the other value will be 50%.
xpos ypos The x value indicates the horizontal position and the y value indicates the vertical position. The top left corner is 0 0. Units can be pixels (0px 0px) or any other CSS units. If you only specify one value, the other value will be 50%. You can mix % and units


Example

Example

The following example changes the position of the background-image:

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
background-color:#FFCC80;
background-image:url(bgdesert.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-attachment:fixed;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function changePosition()
{
document.body.style.backgroundPosition="bottom center";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="button" onclick="changePosition()"
value="Change background-image position" />

</body>
</html>

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Style Object Reference Style Object

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