CSS | background-repeat Property

Last Updated : 07 Aug, 2019

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;
}

Example:

<!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>                    

Output:

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

Syntax:

element {
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

Example:

<!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>                    

Output:

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

Syntax:

element {
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

Example:

<!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>                    

Output:

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

Syntax:

element {
    background-image: no-repeat;
}

Example:

<!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>                    