background-repeat | NN 6 IE 4 CSS 1
| Inherited: No
Sets whether a background image (specified with the background-image attribute) should repeat and, if so, along which axis. You can use repeating background images to create horizontal and vertical bands.
CSS Syntax
    background-repeat: no-repeat | repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y
Value
With a setting of no-repeat, one instance of the image appears in the location within the element established by the background-position attribute (default is the top-left corner). Normal repeats are performed along both axes, but you can have the image repeat down a single column (repeat-y) or across a single row (repeat-x).
Initial Value
repeat
Example
    body {background-image: url(icon.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y}
Applies To
All elements.
Object Model Reference
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.backgroundRepeat