Use the following code to animate the background of any element
The example uses a div with the id of "myDIV"
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#myDIV {
width: 300px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
background-image: url('smiley.gif');
background-position: top left;
animation: mymove 5s infinite;
}
@keyframes mymove {
50% {background-position: center;}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Animation of background-position</h1>
<p>Gradually change the background-position from "top left" to "center", and back to "top left":<p>
<div id="myDIV"></div>
</body>
</html>