background-repeat
Utilities for controlling the repetition of an element's background image.
| Class | Styles |
|---|---|
bg-repeat | |
background-repeat: repeat; |
|
| bg-repeat-x |
background-repeat: repeat-x;
|
| bg-repeat-y |
background-repeat: repeat-y;
|
| bg-repeat-space |
background-repeat: space;
|
| bg-repeat-round |
background-repeat: round;
|
| bg-no-repeat |
background-repeat: no-repeat;
|
Use the bg-repeat utility to repeat the background image both vertically and horizontally:
<div class="bg-[url(/img/clouds.svg)] bg-center bg-repeat ..."></div>
Use the bg-repeat-x utility to only repeat the background image horizontally:
<div class="bg-[url(/img/clouds.svg)] bg-center bg-repeat-x ..."></div>
Use the bg-repeat-y utility to only repeat the background image vertically:
<div class="bg-[url(/img/clouds.svg)] bg-center bg-repeat-y ..."></div>
Use the bg-repeat-space utility to repeat the background image without clipping:
<div class="bg-[url(/img/clouds.svg)] bg-center bg-repeat-space ..."></div>
Use the bg-repeat-round utility to repeat the background image without clipping, stretching if needed to avoid gaps:
<div class="bg-[url(/img/clouds.svg)] bg-center bg-repeat-round ..."></div>
Use the bg-no-repeat utility to prevent a background image from repeating:
<div class="bg-[url(/img/clouds.svg)] bg-center bg-no-repeat ..."></div>
Prefix a background-repeat utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:
<div class="bg-repeat md:bg-repeat-x ..."> <!-- ... --></div>
Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.
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