B.6. background-position

By default, an element's background image (assigned with the background-image property) is aligned so that its top and left edges are flush with the top and left edges of the element (including any padding), respectively. With the background-position property, you can assign a different position for the image.

Inherited: No

See also: Section B.5background-image

B.6.1. Value

One position specifier, or two position specifiers separated by a space.

Each of the position specifiers may be a CSS length measurement (pixels, points, ems, etc.), a percentage, or one of the constants from Table B-1.

Table B-1. background-position constants
VerticalHorizontal
top, center, bottomleft, center, right

If you specify only one measurement ...

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