# Center aligning background image in IE 6?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-aligning-background-image-in-ie-6/276633>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [December 1, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-aligning-background-image-in-ie-6/276633 "2008-12-01T22:11:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpearson311](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/center-aligning-background-image-in-ie-6/276633/1 "2008-12-01T22:11:49Z")

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I can’t seem to get my div’s background image to align center in IE 6, but it works just fine in IE 7 and Firefox. Here is what I’m using:

#container{  
background-image:url(images/background.png);  
background-repeat:no-repeat;  
background-position:center top;  
}

Any ideas? Thanks!

JPearson311