CSS Properties: How to set the background image start from the upper left corner of the content?

Last update on February 16 2024 13:18:52 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>How to set the background image start from the upper left corner of the content</title>
<style type="text/css">/* CSS style start*/
#xyz1 {
border: 8px solid blue; /* Set border properties for div with id "xyz1" */
padding: 40px; /* Set padding properties for div with id "xyz1" */
background: url(https://www.w3resource.com/images/w3resource-logo.png); /* Set background image for div with id "xyz1" */
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Set background image to not repeat */
}
#xyz2 {
border: 8px solid blue; /* Set border properties for div with id "xyz2" */
padding: 40px; /* Set padding properties for div with id "xyz2" */
background: url(https://www.w3resource.com/images/w3resource-logo.png); /* Set background image for div with id "xyz2" */
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Set background image to not repeat */
background-origin: border-box; /* Set the origin of the background image to the border box */
}
#xyz3 {
border: 8px solid blue; /* Set border properties for div with id "xyz3" */
padding: 40px; /* Set padding properties for div with id "xyz3" */
background: url(https://www.w3resource.com/images/w3resource-logo.png); /* Set background image for div with id "xyz3" */
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Set background image to not repeat */
background-origin: content-box; /* Set the origin of the background image to the content box */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>No background-origin (padding-box is default):</p><!-- Display text -->
<div id="xyz1"><!-- Display a div with id "xyz1" -->
<h2>Background image origin</h2><!-- Display a heading -->
<p>The background-origin CSS property determines the background positioning area, that is the position of the origin of an image specified using the background-image CSS property.</p><!-- Display a paragraph -->
</div>
<p>background-origin: border-box:</p><!-- Display text -->
<div id="xyz2"><!-- Display a div with id "xyz2" -->
<h2>Background image origin</h2><!-- Display a heading -->
<p>The background-origin CSS property determines the background positioning area, that is the position of the origin of an image specified using the background-image CSS property.</p><!-- Display a paragraph -->
</div>
<p>background-origin: content-box:</p><!-- Display text -->
<div id="xyz3"><!-- Display a div with id "xyz3" -->
<h2>Background image origin</h2><!-- Display a heading -->
<p>The background-origin CSS property determines the background positioning area, that is the position of the origin of an image specified using the background-image CSS property.</p><!-- Display a paragraph -->
</div>
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

Three div elements with different IDs (xyz1, xyz2, xyz3) are defined.
Each div has a border, padding, and a background image.
The background-origin property is used to specify the origin of the background image within the box (padding box or content box).
The background image starts from the upper left corner of the content for the div with id xyz3, as its background-origin property is set to content-box.
For the other two divs (xyz1 and xyz2), the default behavior is observed where the background image starts from the upper left corner of the padding box.

Live Demo:

See the Pen background-image-origin-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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