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CSS Background

CSS background properties are used to define the background effects of an element.

CSS properties used for background effects:

background-color
background-image
background-repeat
background-attachment
background-position

Background Color

The background-color property specifies the background color of an element.

The background color of a page is defined in the body selector:

Example

<html>

<head>

body

{

background-color:#b0c4de;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Hello world! This is a W3Schools.com example.</p>

</body>

</html>

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With CSS, a color is most often specified by:

a HEX value - like "#ff0000"
an RGB value - like "rgb(255,0,0)"
a color name - like "red"

Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values.

In the example below, the h1, p, and div elements have different background colors:

Example

<html>

<head>

{

background-color:#6495ed;

}

{

background-color:#e0ffff;

}

div

{

background-color:#b0c4de;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>CSS background-color example!</h1>

<div>

This is a text inside a div element.

<p>This paragraph has its own background color.</p>

We are still in the div element.

</div>

</body>

</html>

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Result:

CSS background-color example!

This is a text inside a div element.

This paragraph has its own background color.

We are still in the div element.

Background Image

The background-image property specifies an image to use as the background of an element.

By default, the image is repeated so it covers the entire element.

The background image for a page can be set like this:

Example

<html>

<head>

body {background-image:url('your_image.gif');}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

</body>

</html>

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Background Image - Repeat Horizontally or Vertically

By default, the background-image property repeats an image both horizontally and vertically.

Some images should be repeated only horizontally or vertically, or they will look strange, like shaded image:

Example

<html>

<head>

body

{

background-image:url('your_image.png');

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

</body>

</html>

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If the image is repeated only horizontally (repeat-x), the background will look better for shaded image:

Example

<html>

<head>

body

{

background-image:url('your_image.png');

background-repeat:repeat-x;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

</body>

</html>

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Background Image - Set position and no-repeat

When using a background image, use an image that does not disturb the text.

Showing the image only once is specified by the background-repeat property:

Example

<html>

<head>

body

{

background-image:url('your_image.png');

background-repeat:no-repeat;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

<p>W3Schools background image example.</p>

<p>The background image is only showing once, but it is disturbing the reader!</p>

</body>

</html>

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In the example above, the background image is shown in the same place as the text. We want to change the position of the image, so that it does not disturb the text too much.

The position of the image is specified by the background-position property:

Example

<html>

<head>

body

{

background-image:url('img_tree.png');

background-repeat:no-repeat;

background-position:right top;

margin-right:200px;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

<p>W3Schools background no-repeat, set postion example.</p>

<p>Now the background image is only shown once, and positioned away from the text.</p>

<p>In this example we have also added a margin on the right side, so the background image will never disturb the text.</p>

</body>

</html>

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Background - Shorthand property

As you can see from the examples above, there are many properties to consider when dealing with backgrounds.

To shorten the code, it is also possible to specify all the properties in one single property. This is called a shorthand property.

The shorthand property for background is simply "background":

Example

<html>

<head>

body

{

background:#ffffff url('your_image.png') no-repeat right top;

margin-right:200px;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

<p>Now the background image is only shown once, and it is also positioned away from the text.</p>

<p>In this example we have also added a margin on the right side, so that the background image will not disturb the text.</p>

</body>

</html>

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When using the shorthand property the order of the property values are:

background-color
background-image
background-repeat
background-attachment
background-position

It does not matter if one of the property values is missing, as long as the ones that are present are in this order.

This example uses more advanced CSS. Take a look:

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
margin-left:200px;
background:#5d9ab2 url('img_tree.png') no-repeat top left;
}

.container
{
text-align:center;
}

.center_div
{
border:1px solid gray;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
width:90%;
background-color:#d0f0f6;
text-align:left;
padding:8px;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="center_div">
<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<p>This example contains some advanced CSS methods you may not have learned yet. But, we will explain these methods in a later chapter in the tutorial.</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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More Examples

How to set a fixed background image

This example demonstrates how to set a fixed background image. The image will not scroll with the rest of the page.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
background-image:url('your_image.gif');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-attachment:fixed;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
<p>The background-image is fixed. Try to scroll down the page.</p>
</body>

</html>
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All CSS Background Properties

Property	Description
background	Sets all the background properties in one declaration
background-attachment	Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page
background-color	Sets the background color of an element
background-image	Sets the background image for an element
background-position	Sets the starting position of a background image
background-repeat	Sets how a background image will be repeated

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CSS Text

TEXT FORMATTING

This text is styled with some of the text formatting properties. The heading uses the text-align, text-transform, and color properties. The paragraph is indented, aligned, and the space between characters is specified.

Text Color

The color property is used to set the color of the text.

With CSS, a color is most often specified by:

a HEX value - like "#ff0000"
an RGB value - like "rgb(255,0,0)"
a color name - like "red"

Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values.

The default color for a page is defined in the body selector.

Example

<html>

<head>

body {color:red;}

h1 {color:#00ff00;}

p.ex {color:rgb(0,0,255);}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is heading 1</h1>

<p>This is an ordinary paragraph. Notice that this text is red. The default text-color for a page is defined in the body selector.</p>

<p class="ex">This is a paragraph with class="ex". This text is blue.</p>

</body>

</html>

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Result:

This is heading 1

This is an ordinary paragraph. Notice that this text is red. The default text-color for a page is defined in the body selector.

This is a paragraph with class="ex". This text is blue.

For compliant CSS: If you define the color property, you must also define the background-color property.

Text Alignment

The text-align property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text.

Text can be centered, or aligned to the left or right, or justified.

When text-align is set to "justify", each line is stretched so that every line has equal width, and the left and right margins are straight (like in magazines and newspapers).

Example

<html>

<head>

h1 {text-align:center;}

p.date {text-align:right;}

p.main {text-align:justify;}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>CSS text-align Example</h1>

<p class="main">In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,' he told me,

'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'</p>

<p><b>Note:</b> Resize the browser window to see how the value "justify" works.</p>

</body>

</html>

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Result:

CSS text-align Example

May, 2009

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'

Note: Resize the browser window to see how the value "justify" works

Text Decoration

The text-decoration property is used to set or remove decorations from text.

The text-decoration property is mostly used to remove underlines from links for design purposes:

Example

<html>

<head>

a {text-decoration:none;}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Link to: <a href="http://www.amaderit.com.com">Amader IT</a></p>

</body>

</html>

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Result:
Link to: Amader IT

It can also be used to decorate text:

Example

<html>

<head>

h1 {text-decoration:overline;}

h2 {text-decoration:line-through;}

h3 {text-decoration:underline;}

h4 {text-decoration:blink;}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is heading 1</h1>

<h2>This is heading 2</h2>

<h3>This is heading 3</h3>

<h4>This is heading 4</h4>

<p><b>Note:</b> The "blink" value is not supported in IE, Chrome, or Safari.</p>

</body>

</html>

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Result:

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

This is heading 3

This is heading 4

Note: The "blink" value is not supported in IE, Chrome, or Safari.

It is not recommended to underline text that is not a link, as this often confuses users.

Text Transformation

The text-transform property is used to specify uppercase and lowercase letters in a text.

It can be used to turn everything into uppercase or lowercase letters, or capitalize the first letter of each word.

Example

<html>

<head>

p.uppercase {text-transform:uppercase;}

p.lowercase {text-transform:lowercase;}

p.capitalize {text-transform:capitalize;}

</style>

</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

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Result:

THIS IS SOME TEXT.

this is some text.

This Is Some Text.

Text Indentation

The text-indentation property is used to specify the indentation of the first line of a text.

Example

<html>

<head>

p {text-indent:50px;}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'</p>

</body>

</html>

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Result:
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'

More Examples

Specify the space between characters

This example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between characters.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
h1 {letter-spacing:2px;}
h2 {letter-spacing:-3px;}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<h1>This is heading 1</h1>
<h2>This is heading 2</h2>
</body>
</html>

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Result:

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

Specify the space between lines

This example demonstrates how to specify the space between the lines in a paragraph.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p.small {line-height:70%;}
p.big {line-height:200%;}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<p>
This is a paragraph with a standard line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a standard line-height.<br />
The default line height in most browsers is about 110% to 120%.<br />
</p>

<p class="small">
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.<br />
</p>

<p class="big">
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.<br />
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.<br />
</p>

</body>
</html>

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Result:

This is a paragraph with a standard line-height.
This is a paragraph with a standard line-height.
The default line height in most browsers is about 110% to 120%.

This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.
This is a paragraph with a smaller line-height.

This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.
This is a paragraph with a bigger line-height.

Set the text direction of an element

This example demonstrates how to change the text direction of an element.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
div.ex1 {direction:rtl;}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div>Some text. Default writing direction.</div>
<div class="ex1">Some text. Right-to-left direction.</div>

</body>
</html>

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Result:

Some text. Default writing direction.

Some text. Right-to-left direction

Increase the white space between words

This example demonstrates how to increase the white space between words in a paragraph.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p
{
word-spacing:30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<p>
This is some text. This is some text.
</p>

</body>
</html>

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Result:

This is some text. This is some text.

Disable text wrapping inside an element

This example demonstrates how to disable text wrapping inside an element.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p
{
white-space:nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<p>
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
This is some text. This is some text. This is some text.
</p>

</body>
</html>

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Vertical alignment of an image

This example demonstrates how to set the vertical align of an image in a text.

Example

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
img.top {vertical-align:text-top;}
img.bottom {vertical-align:text-bottom;}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<p>An <img src="your_image.gif" alt=" your_image " width="270" height="50" /> image with a default alignment.</p>
<p>An <img class="top" src=" your_image .gif" alt=" your_image " width="270" height="50" /> image with a text-top alignment.</p>
<p>An <img class="bottom" src=" your_image .gif" alt=" your_image " width="270" height="50" /> image with a text-bottom alignment.</p>
</body>
</html>

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All CSS Text Properties

Property	Description
color	Sets the color of text
direction	Specifies the text direction/writing direction
letter-spacing	Increases or decreases the space between characters in a text
line-height	Sets the line height
text-align	Specifies the horizontal alignment of text
text-decoration	Specifies the decoration added to text
text-indent	Specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block
text-shadow	Specifies the shadow effect added to text
text-transform	Controls the capitalization of text
unicode-bidi
vertical-align	Sets the vertical alignment of an element
white-space	Specifies how white-space inside an element is handled
word-spacing	Increases or decreases the space between words in a text

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CSS Background

Background Color

Example

Example

CSS background-color example!

Background Image

Example

Background Image - Repeat Horizontally or Vertically

Example

Example

Background Image - Set position and no-repeat

Example

Example

Background - Shorthand property

Example

More Examples

All CSS Background Properties

CSS Text

TEXT FORMATTING

Text Color

Example

This is heading 1

Text Alignment

Example

CSS text-align Example

Text Decoration

Example

Example

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

This is heading 3

This is heading 4

Text Transformation

Example

Text Indentation

Example

More Examples

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All CSS Text Properties

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