background-repeat

background-repeat

You can specify a value for both the horizontal and vertical repeats. If you provide only one value, the browser will use that repeat style in both directions.

The background-repeat values are:

ValueDescription
repeat-xRepeats the image horizontally and the image may be fragmented.
repeat-yRepeats the image vertically and the image may be fragmented.
repeatRepeats the image in both directions and the image may be fragmented.
spaceThe image is repeated to fill the space without creating fragments.
roundThe image is scaled to repeat without creating fragments.
no-repeatThe image is not repeated.

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <style type="text/css"> 
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            background-image: url(http://java2s.com/style/download.png); 
            background-repeat: repeat-x; 
        } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
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            displaying web pages and other information that can be displayed 
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        </p> 
    </body> 
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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