background-position-x Attribute | backgroundPositionX

HTML (DHTML)

background-position-x Attribute | backgroundPositionX Property

Internet Development Index

Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property.

Syntax

HTML { background-position-x : iPositionX }
Scriptingobject.style.backgroundPositionX [ = iPositionX ]

Possible Values

iPositionXVariant that specifies or receives one of the following values.
lengthFloating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, pc, or px) or a relative units designator (em or ex). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units Reference.
percentageInteger, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage of the width or height of the object.
hAlignmentHorizontal alignment value. Possible values include the following:
leftHorizontal alignment is to the left.
centerHorizontal alignment is centered.
rightHorizontal alignment is to the right.

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of 0%. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Standards Information

This property is a Microsoft extension to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, currentStyle, CUSTOM, DD, defaults, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, META, nextID, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

backgroundPositionY