background-position

Examples

Basic example

Use utilities like bg-center, bg-right, and bg-top-left to control the position of an element's background image:

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bg-top-left

bg-top

bg-top-right

bg-left

bg-center

bg-right

bg-bottom-left

bg-bottom

bg-bottom-right

<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top-left"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top-right"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-left"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-center"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-right"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom-left"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom"></div>
<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom-right"></div>

Using a custom value

Use the bg-position-[<value>] syntax to set the background position based on a completely custom value:

<div class="bg-position-[center_top_1rem] ...">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For CSS variables, you can also use the bg-position-(<custom-property>) syntax:

<div class="bg-position-(--my-bg-position) ...">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

This is just a shorthand for bg-position-[var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.

Responsive design

Prefix a background-position utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="bg-center md:bg-top ...">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.