BACKGROUND Attribute | background Property

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Sets or retrieves the background picture tiled behind the text and graphics in the object.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT BACKGROUND = sURL... >
Scripting	object.background [ = sURL ]

Possible Values

sURL	String that specifies or receives the URL of the file to use as the background picture.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

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 HTML  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	TABLE, TD, TH