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background
Sets or gets an object containing information about the element's background.
Type:
BackgroundOptionsRead & Write
NAME
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
src
string
The file location of the background image or video.
Setting the src
property changes the
displayed image or video to the image or video found at the new src
value.
Getting the src
property returns the
location of the current image or video file.
Images can either be from the Media Manager or an external image from any web location. Videos must come from the Media Manager.
The URL formats supported are:
- Images from the Media Manager:
wix:image://v1/<uri>/<filename>#originWidth=<width>&originHeight=<height>[&watermark=<watermark_manifest_string>]
- Videos from the Media Manager:
wix:video://v1/<video_uri>/<filename>#posterUri=<poster_uri>&posterWidth=<width>&posterHeight=<height>
- Images from the web:
http(s)://<image url>
Mixed in from:$w.Background
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Get the background information
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1let backgroundOpts = $w("#myElement").background;23let bgSrc = backgroundOpts.src;4// "wix:image://v1/68d3a9_1de7529c444b4c9eb38401f8efe0cad2.jpg/flowers.jpg#originWidth=1970&originHeight=1120"
Set the background image to be an image from the Media Manager
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1$w("#myElement").background.src = "wix:image://v1/68d3a9_1de7529c444b4c9eb38401f8efe0cad2.jpg/flowers.jpg#originWidth=1970&originHeight=1120";
Set the background image to be an image from the web
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1$w("#myElement").background.src = "http://placehold.it/250x250";