HTML and CSS Reference
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Name
background-repeat
Values:
<bg-repeat-style> [ , <bg-repeat-style> ]*
Expansions:
<bg-repeat-style>
repeat-x
|
repeat-y
| [
repeat
|
space
|
round
|
no-repeat
]{1,2}
Initial value:
repeat
Applies to:
All elements
Inherited:
No
Computed value:
Same as declared value
Description:
Defines the tiling pattern for one or more background images. The repetition begins from the
origin image, which is defined as the value of
background-image
and is placed according to
the value of
background-position
(and possibly
background-origin
). For the keywords
space
and
round
, the image is tiled as many times as it will fit in the background area without
being clipped and then the first and last images are placed against their respective background
edges. The difference is that
space
causes the intervening images to be regularly spaced, and
round
causes them to be stretched to touch each other. Note that
repeat-x
is equivalent to
repeat no-repeat
, and
repeat-y
is equivalent to
no-repeat repeat
.
