CSS background-clip Property
The CSS background-clip property defines the area to which the background-color and background-image are painted. If the element has no background-color or background-image, this property has no visual effect.
The background-clip property is one of the CSS3 properties.
For clipping a background to text, a vendor-prefixed version (-webkit-background-clip) is also available.
| Initial Value | border-box |
|---|---|
| Applies to | All elements. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line. |
| Inherited | No. |
| Animatable | No. |
| Version | CSS3 |
| DOM Syntax | object.style.backgroundClip = "content-box"; |
Syntax
Syntax of CSS background-clip Property
background-clip: border-box | padding-box | content-box | text | initial | inherit;Example of the background-clip property:
Example of CSS background-clip Property with content-box value
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The title of the document</title>
<style>
#example {
border: 3px solid #666;
padding: 15px;
background: #ccc;
background-clip: content-box;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Background-clip property example</h2>
<p>Here the "content-box" value is used.</p>
<div id="example">
<p>The background extends to the edge of the content box.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>In the following example find the difference between the "padding-box" and the "border-box" values.
Example of the background-clip property with the "padding-box" and "border-box" values:
Example of CSS background-clip Property with border-box value
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The title of the document</title>
<style>
#example1 {
border: 5px dashed #666;
padding: 15px;
background: #1c87c9;
background-clip: border-box;
}
#example2 {
border: 5px dashed #666;
padding: 15px;
background: #1c87c9;
background-clip: padding-box;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Background-clip property example</h2>
<p>Here the background-clip is set to "border-box" (this is the default value).</p>
<div id="example1">
<p>The background extends behind the border.</p>
</div>
<p>Here the background-clip is set to "padding-box".</p>
<div id="example2">
<p>The background extends to the inside edge of the border.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>In this example, the background is painted within the foreground text.
Example of the background-clip property with the "text" value:
Example of CSS background-clip Property with text value
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The title of the document</title>
<style>
#example {
border: 3px dashed #1ebf42;
padding: 15px;
background: #1c87c9;
background-clip: text;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Background-clip property example</h2>
<p>Here the background-clip is set to "text"</p>
<div id="example">
<p>The background is painted within the foreground text.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>Values
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| border-box | The background appears behind the border. This is the default value. | Play it » |
| padding-box | The background appears inside of the border. | Play it » |
| content-box | The background extends to the edge of the content box. | Play it » |
| text | The background is painted within the foreground text. | Play it » |
| initial | Sets the property to its default value. | Play it » |
| inherit | Inherits the property from its parent element. |
Practice
Which of the following values can be used with the 'background-clip' property in CSS?