Title: WP_Customize_Background_Position_Control::content_template
Published: December 6, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

---

# WP_Customize_Background_Position_Control::content_template()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#changelog)

[ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)

Render a JS template for the content of the position control.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function content_template() {
    	$options = array(
    		array(
    			'left top'   => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Top Left' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-left-alt',
    			),
    			'center top' => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Top' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-up-alt',
    			),
    			'right top'  => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Top Right' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-right-alt',
    			),
    		),
    		array(
    			'left center'   => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Left' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-left-alt',
    			),
    			'center center' => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Center' ),
    				'icon'  => 'background-position-center-icon',
    			),
    			'right center'  => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Right' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-right-alt',
    			),
    		),
    		array(
    			'left bottom'   => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Bottom Left' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-left-alt',
    			),
    			'center bottom' => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Bottom' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-down-alt',
    			),
    			'right bottom'  => array(
    				'label' => __( 'Bottom Right' ),
    				'icon'  => 'dashicons dashicons-arrow-right-alt',
    			),
    		),
    	);
    	?>
    	<# if ( data.label ) { #>
    		<span class="customize-control-title">{{{ data.label }}}</span>
    	<# } #>
    	<# if ( data.description ) { #>
    		<span class="description customize-control-description">{{{ data.description }}}</span>
    	<# } #>
    	<div class="customize-control-content">
    		<fieldset>
    			<legend class="screen-reader-text"><span>
    				<?php
    				/* translators: Hidden accessibility text. */
    				_e( 'Image Position' );
    				?>
    			</span></legend>
    			<div class="background-position-control">
    			<?php foreach ( $options as $group ) : ?>
    				<div class="button-group">
    				<?php foreach ( $group as $value => $input ) : ?>
    					<label>
    						<input class="ui-helper-hidden-accessible" name="background-position" type="radio" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $value ); ?>">
    						<span class="button display-options position"><span class="<?php echo esc_attr( $input['icon'] ); ?>" aria-hidden="true"></span></span>
    						<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php echo $input['label']; ?></span>
    					</label>
    				<?php endforeach; ?>
    				</div>
    			<?php endforeach; ?>
    			</div>
    		</fieldset>
    	</div>
    	<?php
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-background-position-control.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-background-position-control.php#L39)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-background-position-control.php#L39-L115)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [_e()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_e/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Displays translated text.

  | 
| [esc_attr()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/esc_attr/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Escaping for HTML attributes.

  |

[Show 1 more](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#)
[Show less](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_position_control/content_template/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Introduced. |

## User Contributed Notes

You must [log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.wordpress.org%2Freference%2Fclasses%2Fwp_customize_background_position_control%2Fcontent_template%2F)
before being able to contribute a note or feedback.