CSS3 background-originProperty


Example

Background image positioned relative to the content box

div
{
background-image:url('smiley.gif');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:left;
background-origin:content-box;
}

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Browser Support

The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version that supports this property.

Property
background-origin 4.0 9.0 4.0 3.0 10.5

Tag definition and usage instructions

The background-origin property specifies that the background-position property should be relative.

NoteIf the background-image background-attachment is "fixed", this property has no effect.

Default Value: padding-box
Inherited: no
version: CSS3
JavaScript Syntax: object object.style.backgroundOrigin="content-box"


Syntax

background-origin: padding-box|border-box|content-box;

Value Description
padding-box Relative position of the background image to the padding box
border-box Relative position of the background image to the border box
content-box Content box of the background image's relative position


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