The background-image property

The background-image property sets an image as the background.

Tip: Always set a background-color to be used if the image is unavailable.

Inherited: No

Example

body
{
background-image: url(stars.gif);
background-color: #000000
}

Possible Values

Value	Description	NN	IE
url	The path to an image	4.0	4.0
none	No background image	4.0	4.0

Browser Notes

Note in IE 4.0:

This property does not work with checkboxes, radiobuttons, select/option lists, and hr elements

Note in IE 5.0:

This property works with checkboxes, radiobuttons, and hr elements

Notes in Netscape 4.x:

This property does not work with hyperlinks, list items, definition lists, images, horizontal lines, tables, and form fields
This property turns inline elements into block elements

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