Style backgroundAttachment Property

Set a background-image to be fixed (will not scroll):

document.body.style.backgroundAttachment = "fixed";

More "Try it Yourself" examples below.

Description

The backgroundAttachment property sets or returns whether a background image should scroll with the content, or be fixed.

Return the backgroundAttachment property:

object.style.backgroundAttachment

Set the backgroundAttachment property:

object.style.backgroundAttachment = "scroll|fixed|local|initial|inherit"

Value	Description
scroll	The background scrolls along with the element. This is default
fixed	The background is fixed with regard to the viewport
local	The background scrolls along with the element's contents
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Default Value:	scroll
Return Value:	A String, representing how the background image is attached to the object within the document
CSS Version	CSS1

backgroundAttachment is a CSS1 (1996) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Choose between scroll and local on a DIV element:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.backgroundAttachment = "local";

Toggle between scroll and fixed:

let x = document.body.style.backgroundAttachment;
document.body.style.backgroundAttachment = (x == "scroll")? "fixed":"scroll";

Return the value of the background-attachment property:

let back = document.body.style.backgroundAttachment;