CSS background-origin Property

February 10, 2021 12:37 pm IST

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CSS background-origin Property

CSS background-origin property sets the origin position of a background image.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ border: 10px double #8c8c8c; padding: 25px; height: 240px; width: 240px; margin-bottom: 15px; background: url(husky.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; } #point{ background-origin: border-box; } #point1{ background-origin: padding-box; } #point2{ background-origin: content-box; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS background-origin Property</h1> <h2>background-origin: border-box</h2> <div id="point"></div> <h2>background-origin: padding-box</h2> <div id="point1"></div> <h2>background-origin: content-box</h2> <div id="point2"></div> </body> </html>

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Syntax

Using CSS

element{ background-origin: padding-box; }

Using Javascript

object.style.backgroundOrigin="padding-box";

Animatable

No, background-origin property is not animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.

Default Value

Default value for CSS background-origin property is padding-box.

Property Value

The following table provides a list of values for CSS background-origin property.

Value	Explanation
border-box	Specifies the background image starts from the upper left corner of the border.
padding-box	Specifies the background image starts from the upper left corner of the padding edge.
content-box	Specifies the background image starts from the upper left corner of the content.

Using JavaScript

In the following example, we will demonstrate how to change the CSS background-origin property of an element using JavaScript.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> #point{ border: 10px double #8c8c8c; padding: 25px; height: 240px; width: 240px; margin-bottom: 15px; background: url(husky.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-origin: border-box; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS background-origin Property</h1> <div id="point"> </div> <button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button> <script> var x = document.getElementById("point"); function myFunction(){ x.style.backgroundOrigin = "padding-box"; } </script> </body> </html>

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