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CSS Property: background-repeat

Specifies how a background image will repeat itself within a box.

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Possible Values

  • inherit
  • repeat (default) - tiled, repeating the image both horizontally and vertically.
  • repeat-x - repeating the image horizontally only.
  • repeat-y - repeating the image vertically only.
  • no-repeat - not repeating the image at all, showing just one instance.

Example


#header { background-repeat: repeat-x; }