Backgrounds
background-position
Utilities for controlling the position of an element's background image.
| Class | Styles |
|---|---|
bg-top-left | background-position: top left; |
bg-top | background-position: top; |
bg-top-right | background-position: top right; |
bg-left | background-position: left; |
bg-center | background-position: center; |
bg-right | background-position: right; |
bg-bottom-left | background-position: bottom left; |
bg-bottom | background-position: bottom; |
bg-bottom-right | background-position: bottom right; |
bg-position-(<custom-property>) | background-position: var(<custom-property>); |
bg-position-[<value>] | background-position: <value>; |
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.