CSS property: background

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Availability	BlackBerry® Device Software version 3.8 or later
Usage	All elements
Inherited	No
Default value	—

The background property is a shorthand property used to set some or all of the background properties. Properties can be listed in any order.

Do not set a background-attachment value unless you are applying the background property to the <body> element.

Value	Description
`[ background-attachment \| background-color \| background-image \| background-position \| background-repeat ]`	This is a whitespace-separated list of values for the `background-attachment`, `background-color`, `background-image`, `background-position`, and `background-repeat` properties. You can set from one to five values. Properties can be listed in any order. See the descriptions of the individual properties for more information about valid values.
`inherit`	This value specifies that the element inherits the `background` property of the containing element.

Value

Description

[ background-attachment | background-color | background-image | background-position | background-repeat ]

This is a whitespace-separated list of values for the background-attachment, background-color, background-image, background-position, and background-repeat properties. You can set from one to five values. Properties can be listed in any order.

See the descriptions of the individual properties for more information about valid values.

inherit

This value specifies that the element inherits the background property of the containing element.

Parent topic: CSS Properties