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Jeizebel Espiritu
2,525 Pointswhy do we use background-image property if background property can also be use to set color or image ?
why do we use background-image property if background property can also be use to set color or image ?
2 Answers
Bryan Knight
34,215 PointsJeizebel,
background is a shorthand property that can be used to modify all of the following:
background-color
background-image
background-position
background-repeat
background-attachment
background-clip
background-origin
background-size
You'll get the same results from using both, but you can use the singular property background-image in the instance where you are inheriting background properties from a cascade and you want to keep all of the background properties except for the background image. You can then just overwrite the inherited background image using the background-image property on the new element and keep all of the other inherited properties.
Does that make sense?
Guled Ahmed
12,806 PointsFound a great answer to that question here.
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