Choose between scroll and local on a DIV element:
document.getElementById("myDIV").style.backgroundAttachment = "local";
Click the radio buttons and scroll the DIV element to see the effect of the background-attachment property:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> #myDIV {//from w w w . j a v a 2s. c o m width: 300px; height: 300px; background: lightblue url('background2.png') no-repeat; color: white; overflow: auto; } </style> </head> <body> <form name="myForm"> <input type="radio" name="myAtt" value="scroll" onclick="myFunction()" checked>scroll <input type="radio" name="myAtt" value="local" onclick="myFunction()">local </form> <div id="myDIV"> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> <h1>Hello</h1> </div> <script> function myFunction() { if (document.forms["myForm"]["myAtt"][0].checked) { document.getElementById("myDIV").style.backgroundAttachment = "scroll"; } else { document.getElementById("myDIV").style.backgroundAttachment = "local"; } } </script> </body> </html>