CSS background-position-y Property

The background-position-y property sets the vertical position for each background.

One or more values can be specified separated by commas.

Negative values are valid.

Initial Value	top
Applies to	All elements.
Inherited	No.
Animatable	No.
Version	CSS3
DOM Syntax	object.style.backgroundPositionY = "bottom";

Syntax

background-position-y: top | center | bottom | length | percentage | initial | inherit;

Example of the background-position-y property with the "top" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 50%;
      }
      body {
        padding-top: 30px;
        background: url("/build/images/w3docs-logo-black.png") no-repeat;
        background-position-y: top;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-y property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

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Result

Example of the background-position-y property with the "bottom" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 50%;
      }
      body {
        background: url("/build/images/w3docs-logo-black.png") no-repeat;
        background-position-y: bottom;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-y property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

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Example of the background-position-y property with the "center" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 50%;
      }
      body {
        background: url("/build/images/w3docs-logo-black.png") no-repeat;
        background-position-y: center;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-y property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

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Example of the background-position-y property with the "length" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 50%;
      }
      body {
        padding-top: 30px;
        background: url("/build/images/w3docs-logo-black.png") no-repeat;
        background-position-y: 90px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-y property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

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Example of the background-position-y property with the "percentage" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 50%;
      }
      body {
        padding-top: 30px;
        background: url("/build/images/w3docs-logo-black.png") no-repeat;
        background-position-y: 70%;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Background-position-y property example</h2>
  </body>
</html>

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Values

Value	Description
top	Specifies the alignment of the top edge of the background image with the top edge of the background position layer.
center	Specifies the alignment of the center of the background image with the center of the background position layer.
bottom	Specifies the alignment of the bottom edge of the background image with the bottom of the background position layer.
length	Specifies the offset of the given background image's left horizontal edge from the background position layer's left horizontal edge.
percentage	Specifies the offset of the background image's vertical position relative to the container. 0% aligns the left edge of the background image with the left edge of the container, and 100% aligns the right edge of the background image with the right edge of the container, and 50% horizontally centers the background image.
initial	Sets the property to its default value.
inherit	Inherits the property from its parent element.