Node: Background

X3D: 3.3
Component: EnvironmentalEffects
Status:
fully implemented

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A background node that uses six static images to compose the backdrop. For the backUrl, bottomUrl, frontUrl, leftUrl, rightUrl, topUrl fields, browsers shall support the JPEG and PNG (see ISO/IEC 15948) image file formats.

HTML Encoding and Default Values

<Background backUrl='[]' bind='false' bottomUrl='[]' crossOrigin='""' description='""' frontUrl='[]' groundAngle='[]' groundColor='(0,0,0)' isActive='false' leftUrl='[]' metadata='X3DMetadataObject' rightUrl='[]' scaling='false' skyAngle='[]' skyColor='(0,0,0)' topUrl='[]' transparency='0/1' ></Background>

Fields

These are the X3D / X3DOM fields of this node. Values should usually be received / set as strings via DOM functions (i.e., using setAttribute("myFieldName", "myFieldValue") and getAttribute("myFieldName")).
Name Type Default Value Range Inheritance Standard Description
backUrl MFString [] [URI] Image shown at the back of the background cube
bind SFBool false Core/X3DBindableNode Pushes/pops the node on/from the top of the bindable stack
bottomUrl MFString [] [URI] Image shown at the bottom of the background cube
crossOrigin SFString "" X3DBackgroundNode Cross Origin Mode
description SFString "" Core/X3DBindableNode Description of the bindable node
frontUrl MFString [] [URI] Image shown at the front of the background cube
groundAngle MFFloat [] [0, pi] X3DBackgroundNode Angle of the ground Multiple values are possible
groundColor MFColor (0,0,0) [0,1] X3DBackgroundNode Color of the ground Multiple color values are possible. Define 1 more color than the number of ground angles.
isActive SFBool false Core/X3DBindableNode
leftUrl MFString [] [URI] Image shown at the left of the background cube
metadata SFNode X3DMetadataObject Core/X3DNode Field to add metadata information
rightUrl MFString [] [URI] Image shown at the right of the background cube
scaling MFString false Scale images of the background cube
skyAngle MFFloat [] [0, pi] X3DBackgroundNode Angle of the sky Multiple values are possible
skyColor MFColor (0,0,0) [0,1] X3DBackgroundNode Color of the sky Multiple color values are possible. Define 1 more color than the number of sky angles.
topUrl MFString [] [URI] Image shown at the top of the background cube
transparency SFFloat 0/1 [0,1] X3DBackgroundNode Transparency of the background