CSS Property: background-color
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The CSS (CSS1) background-color property sets the
background colour of an element. The background of an element includes its
padding and border but not its margin. Usually, a background colour and
text colour should be chosen in tandem to make the text easy to read.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
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Value
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Description
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color
|
Specified CSS colour
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transparent
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(default value).
Transparent
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Default Value:
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transparent
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.backgroundColor="red"
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Inherited:
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No
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
p {width: 200px}
p.x1 {background-color: yellow;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
1. Element with default property<br>
<p>1</p><br>
2. Element set using in-file HTML style
<p class="x1">2</p><br>
3. Element set using JavaScript
<p id="x2">3</p>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.backgroundColor =
"yellow";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyBackgroundColor() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.backgroundColor = "yellow"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).backgroundColor == "yellow");
} |
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