Let’s look at how you can add background image to elements in React using the inline CSS method

There are four ways to set a backgroundImage style property using React’s inline CSS.

This tutorial will show you all four methods, with code samples for each.

How to Set a Background Image in React Using an External URL

If your image is located somewhere online, you can set the background image of your element by placing the URL like this:

function App() {
  return (
    <div style={{ 
      backgroundImage: `url("https://via.placeholder.com/500")` 
    }}>
      Hello World
    </div>
  );
}

Setting React background image with external URL

The code above will render a single <div> element with the style background-image: url https://via.placeholder.com/500 applied into it.

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