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CSS

Posted by Allison Walker
Allison Walker
17,137 Points

How do you write the background shorthand for background position, if the value is given in percent or pixels?

In CSS basics, the background shorthand is: color location repeat position size - ex: { background: #ffa949 url('../img/mountains.jpg') no-repeat center / cover }.

I was using 50% 50% for position, instead of center. How would you write this in shorthand?

{background: #ffa949 url('../img/mountains.jpg') no-repeat 50% 50% / cover;} ?

1 Answer

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Allison,

Here is the general format of setting the background shorthand property (from CSS Tricks):

body {
  background:
     url(sweettexture.jpg)    /* image */
     top center / 200px 200px /* position / size */
     no-repeat                /* repeat */
     fixed                    /* attachment */
     padding-box              /* origin */
     content-box              /* clip */
     red;                     /* color */
}

So, in your case it should be:

selector {
background: url('../img/mountains.jpg') 50% 50% / cover no-repeat #ffa949;
}
Allison Walker
Allison Walker
17,137 Points

Ok, thanks.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

You're welcome!