Specify the painting area of the background:
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The background-clip property is supported IE9+, Firefox 4+, Opera, and Chrome.
Safari supports an alternative, the -webkit-background-clip property.
The background-clip property specifies the painting area of the background.
| Default value: | border-box |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.backgroundClip="content-box" |
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| border-box | The background is clipped to the border box | Play it » |
| padding-box | The background is clipped to the padding box | Play it » |
| content-box | The background is clipped to the content box | Play it » |
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