/* Keyword values */ background-origin: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-origin: content-box;  /* Global values */ background-origin: inherit; background-origin: initial; background-origin: revert; background-origin: unset; 

background-origin

The background-origin CSS property sets the background's origin: from the border start, inside the border, or inside the padding.

Note that background-origin is ignored when background-attachment is fixed.

Syntax

/* Keyword values */ background-origin: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-origin: content-box;  /* Global values */ background-origin: inherit; background-origin: initial; background-origin: revert; background-origin: unset; 

The background-origin property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.

Values

The background is positioned relative to the border box.

The background is positioned relative to the padding box.

The background is positioned relative to the content box.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

<box>#
where <box> = border-box | padding-box | content-box

Examples

Setting background origins

.example {   border: 10px double;   padding: 10px;   background: url('image.jpg');   background-position: center left;   background-origin: content-box; } 

#example2 {   border: 4px solid black;   padding: 10px;   background: url('image.gif');   background-repeat: no-repeat;   background-origin: border-box; } 

div {   background-image: url('logo.jpg'), url('mainback.png'); /* Applies two images to the background */   background-position: top right, 0px 0px;   background-origin: content-box, padding-box; } 

Using two gradients

In this example the box has a thick dotted border. The first gradient uses the padding-box as the background-origin and therefore the background sits inside the border. The second uses the content-box and so only displays behind the content.

.box {   margin: 10px 0;   color: #fff;   background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(131,58,180,1) 0%, rgba(253,29,29,0.6) 60%, rgba(252,176,69,1) 100%),   radial-gradient(circle, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 28%);   border: 20px dashed black;   padding: 20px;   width: 400px;   background-origin: padding-box, content-box;   background-repeat: no-repeat; } 

<div class="box">Hello!</div> 

Specifications

See also

Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors