1. Backgrounds
  2. background-position

Backgrounds

background-position

Utilities for controlling the position of an element's background image.

ClassStyles
bg-bottom
background-position: bottom;
bg-center
background-position: center;
bg-left
background-position: left;
bg-left-bottom
background-position: left bottom;
bg-left-top
background-position: left top;
bg-right
background-position: right;
bg-right-bottom
background-position: right bottom;
bg-right-top
background-position: right top;
bg-top
background-position: top;
bg-(<custom-property>)
background-position: var(<custom-property>);
bg-[<value>]
background-position: <value>;

Examples

Basic example

Use utilities like bg-center, bg-right, and bg-left-top to control the position of an element's background image:

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bg-left-top

bg-top

bg-right-top

bg-left

bg-center

bg-right

bg-left-bottom

bg-bottom

bg-right-bottom

<div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-left-top"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-top"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-right-top"></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-left-bottom"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-bottom"></div><div class="bg-[url(/img/mountains.jpg)] bg-right-bottom"></div>

Using a custom value

Use the bg-[<value>] syntax to set the background position based on a completely custom value:

<div class="bg-[center_top_1rem] ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

For CSS variables, you can also use the bg-(<custom-property>) syntax:

<div class="bg-(--my-bg-position) ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

This is just a shorthand for bg-[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.

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