W3C CSS2 Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 - instructional media + ...

This property sets the background image of an element. When setting a background
image, authors should also specify a background color that will be used
when the image is unavailable. When the image is available, it is rendered on top
of the background color. (Thus, the color is visible in the transparent parts of the
image).
Values for this property are either , to specify the image, or ’none’, when
no image is used.
Example(s):
BODY { background-image: url("marble.gif") }
P { background-image: none }
’background-repeat’
Value: repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat | inherit
Initial: repeat
Applies to: all elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
If a background image is specified, this property specifies whether the image is
repeated (tiled), and how. All tiling covers the content [p. 81] and padding [p. 81]
areas of a box. Values have the following meanings:
repeat
The image is repeated both horizontally and vertically.
repeat-x
The image is repeated horizontally only.
repeat-y
The image is repeated vertically only.
no-repeat
The image is not repeated: only one copy of the image is drawn.
Example(s):
BODY {
background: white url("pendant.gif");
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-position: center;
}
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