background-position-y

Summary

Sets vertical starting position of a background image.

Overview table

Initial value

0%

Applies to

All elements

Inherited

No

Media

visual

Computed value
:

Animatable

No

CSS Object Model Property
:

Percentages

Width or height of the element

Syntax

• background-position-y: length
• background-position-y: percentage
• background-position-y: vAlignment

Values

length

Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, or pc) or a relative units designator (em, ex, or px). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Values and Units Reference.

percentage

Integer, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage of the width or height of the object.

vAlignment

Vertical alignment value.

Notes

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer 8. The -ms-background-position-y attribute is an extension to CSS, and can be used as a synonym for background-position-y in IE8 Standards mode.

Syntax

-ms-background-position-y: length | percentage | vAlignment

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

See also

Related articles

Background

• background

• background

• background-attachment

• background-blend-mode

• background-clip

• background-color

• background-image

• background-origin

• background-position

• background-position-x

• background-position-y

• background-repeat

• background-size

• JavaScript animation

Related pages

• CSSStyleDeclarationCSSStyleDeclaration
• currentStylecurrentStyle
• defaultsdefaults
• runtimeStyleruntimeStyle
• stylestyle
• -ms-background-position-x-ms-background-position-x

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]