CSS | background-repeat Property

The background-repeat property in CSS is used to repeat the background image both horizontally and vertically. It also decides whether the background-image will be repeated or not.

Syntax

background-repeat: repeat|repeat-x|repeat-y|no-repeat|initial|
inherit;

Property Values

repeat: This property is used to repeat the background image both horizontally and vertically. The last image will be clipped if it is not fit in the browser window.

  • Syntax: 
    element {
    background-repeat: repeat;
}
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    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
        <head>
            <title>background-repeat property</title>
            <style>
                body {
                    background-image: url(
    "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeks-25.png");
                    background-repeat: repeat;
                    background-size: 200px 150px;
                    text-align:center;
                }
            </style>
        </head>
        <body>
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
            <h2>background-repeat: repeat;</h2>
        </body>
    </html>                    

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repeat-x: This property is used to repeat the background image horizontally.


    

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    element {
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
    

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    <!DOCTYPE html> 
    

    <html> 
    

        <head> 
    

            <title>background-repeat property</title> 
    

            <style> 
    

                body { 
    

                    background-image: url( 
    

    "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeks-25.png"); 
    

                    background-repeat: repeat-x; 
    

                    background-size: 200px 150px; 
    

                    text-align:center; 
    

                } 
    

            </style> 
    

        </head> 
    

        <body> 
    

            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    

            <h2>background-repeat: repeat-x;</h2> 
    

        </body> 
    

    </html>                     
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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repeat-y: This property is used to set the background image repeated only vertically.


    

  • Syntax:

    element {
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
}
    

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    <!DOCTYPE html> 
    

    <html> 
    

        <head> 
    

            <title>background-repeat property</title> 
    

            <style> 
    

                body { 
    

                    background-image: url( 
    

    "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeks-25.png"); 
    

                    background-repeat: repeat-y; 
    

                    background-size: 200px 150px; 
    

                    text-align:center; 
    

                } 
    

            </style> 
    

        </head> 
    

        <body> 
    

            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    

            <h2>background-repeat: repeat-y;</h2> 
    

        </body> 
    

    </html>                     
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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no-repeat: This property does not repeat background image. It displays the background image only once.


    

  • Syntax:

    element {
    background-image: no-repeat;
}
    

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    <!DOCTYPE html> 
    

    <html> 
    

        <head> 
    

            <title>background-repeat property</title> 
    

            <style> 
    

                body { 
    

                    background-image: url( 
    

    "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/geeks-25.png"); 
    

                    background-repeat: no-repeat; 
    

                    background-size: 400px 250px; 
    

                    text-align:center; 
    

                } 
    

            </style> 
    

        </head> 
    

        <body> 
    

            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    

            <h2>background-repeat: no-repeat;</h2> 
    

        </body> 
    

    </html>                     
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by background-repeat property are listed below:


    

  • Google Chrome 1.0
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  • Internet Explorer 4.0
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  • Firefox 1.0
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  • Opera 3.5
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  • Apple Safari 1.0
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