I was trying, and googling and searching, but can not solve very simple scenarion... I have:
<div class = "BG">
<div class = "image"></div>
</div>
The background should be centered, and image should be centered. On browser resize, both should resize proportionally to each other.
For the BG class, I have this:
background: url("../img/d_background.jpg");
width: 100%;
height: 2160px;
overflow: hidden;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
position: relative;
which makes BG working exactly as I need. But, as for the child image, it always incorrect size and position. Is there any way to make them work in-synch? I tried many different solution, but child image ends up either being cut-off, of being incorrect size.
you can attribute to your image the object-fit: cover; in your css
your image will take the dimension of his parent.
So I am creating a website for practice and I want an image to span across the website and be 400px high. But it turns out that the image is replicating it self into the two of the same images in order to expand across the webpage the height is fine.
1) Why is the happening.
2)How do I fix this below you will find my code.
.image {
background-image:url("sauce.png");
height: 400px;
width: 100%;
position: center;}
<div class="image"></div>
The dimension and position properties of the container are not related to background image. Try the following instead:
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
Also, if you want the background-image to fill the entire area, you can use
background-size: cover; which will crop and fill the container maintaining the aspect ratio, or background-size: contain; which will squeeze the entire image in the container, distorting the aspect ratio.
This is because of the CSS background-repeat property which by default is set to repeat.
In your CSS for .image, add the following line: background-repeat: no-repeat;.
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
Right now my wordpress site is set up so the images scale when the screen size changes. I was hoping that, instead, the image can remain at a specific size in the center of the screen and become cropped equally on the left and right when the screen size changes.
I have tried max-width:none but that doesn't keep and crop the image in the center of the page.
Site: Zxndesignco.com
The image in question is the only image on the home page. I only know CSS so I was hoping there is a CSS solution.
Example of what i'm taking about: https://gatewaydemo.wordpress.com/
Thanks for the help.
The general idea is to not use an image, and make that image the background-image of that hero section instead. So delete the img tag and add something like this CSS to .sow-image-container height: 400px; background: url(https://zxndesignco.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/HomeImg.jpg) center top; background-size: cover
body{
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center center fixed;
background-image:url(https://zxndesignco.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/HomeImg.jpg);
background-attachment:fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
height: 100%;
}
.white{
font-size: 24px;
color: #fff;
}
<div>
<p class="white">Here are some words</p>
</div>
Usually in the body or in a div. I like this group because it covers all the browser bases.
I am trying to achieve full length responsive background image as done in this website http://www.dubsmash.com/
I tried applying background-size: cover; background:url('image') no-repeat center center; overflow:hidden; min-height:100% to html
but the result is different.
See the way how image is centered at all times in the dubsmash website. They used jquery to dynamically calculate height, width and left, top properties for image inside the wrapping div on window.resize
My question is can some one help me in understanding how they are calculating width, top and left to the img
Update:
My Code So far:
HTML:
<div class="bgHome" style="position:fixed;z-index:-1;top:0;left:0;overflow:hidden">
<img src="http://www.dubsmash.com/wp-content/themes/dubsmash2.0/pics/woman.jpg" style="position:absolute;top:0"/>
</div>
jQuery:
$(document).ready (function(){
checkDims();
});
$(window).resize(checkDims);
function checkDims(){
a = $(window).height();
b = $(window).width();
$('.bgHome').css({"height":a,"width":b});
$('.bgHome img').css({"height":a,"width":b});
}
Update -2:
<html></html>
Css:
html{
background-size:100%;top:0; left:0;
background:url('http://www.dubsmash.com/wp-content/themes/dubsmash2.0/pics/woman.jpg') no-repeat center center;
overflow:hidden;width:100%;height:100%
}
their HTML looks like:
<section class="module parallax" data-parallax="scroll" data-image-src="http://www.dubsmash.com/wp-content/themes/dubsmash2.0/pics/man_singing.jpg">
</section>
their CSS ( or some of it ):
padding: 240px 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
/* background-attachment: fixed; */
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
then there is a bunch of javascript to handle that parallax
i would suggest setting the background-image of bgHome not having an <img> as a child , and then in css set this:
.bgHome{
backgound-image: url('put-url-here');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}
Try out this solution and adjust it. For some reason I can't paste link so you'll get this ugly one :D
Get it below
Codepen sample
I want that my background image stretch and scale depending on the browser viewport size.
I've seen some questions on Stack Overflow that do the job, like Stretch and scale CSS background for example. It works well, but I want to place the image using background, not with an img tag.
In that one an img tag is placed, and then with CSS we tribute to the img tag.
width:100%; height:100%;
It works, but that question is a bit old, and states that in CSS 3 resizing a background image will work pretty well. I've tried this example the first one, but it didn't work out for me.
Is there a good method to do it with the background-image declaration?
CSS3 has a nice little attribute called background-size:cover.
This scales the image so that the background area is completely covered by the background image while maintaining the aspect ratio. The entire area will be covered. However, part of the image may not be visible if the width/height of the resized image is too large.
You could use the CSS3 property to do it quite nicely. It resizes to ratio so no image distortion (although it does upscale small images). Just note, it's not implemented in all browsers yet.
background-size: 100%;
Using the code I mentioned...
HTML
<div id="background">
<img src="img.jpg" class="stretch" alt="" />
</div>
CSS
#background {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
z-index: -1; /* Ensure div tag stays behind content; -999 might work, too. */
}
.stretch {
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
That produces the desired effect: only the content will scroll, not the background.
The background image resizes to the browser viewport for any screen size. When the content doesn't fit the browser viewport, and the user needs to scroll the page, the background image remains fixed in the viewport while the content scrolls.
With CSS 3 it seems this would be a lot easier.
CSS:
html,body {
background: url(images/bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover; /* For WebKit*/
-moz-background-size: cover; /* Mozilla*/
-o-background-size: cover; /* Opera*/
background-size: cover; /* Generic*/
}
background-size: 100% 100%;
stretches the background to fill the entire element on both axes.
The following CSS part should stretch the image with all browsers.
I do this dynamically for each page. Therefore I use PHP to generate its own HTML tag for each page. All the pictures are in the 'image' folder and end with 'Bg.jpg'.
<html style="
background: url(images/'.$pic.'Bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=\'images/'.$pic.'Bg.jpg\', sizingMethod=\'scale\');
-ms-filter: \"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=\'images/'.$pic.'Bg.jpg\', sizingMethod=\'scale\')\
";>
If you have only one background picture for all pages then you may remove the $pic variable, remove escaping back-slashes, adjust paths and place this code in your CSS file.
html{
background: url(images/homeBg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/homeBg.jpg', sizingMethod='scale');
-ms-filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='images/homeBg', sizingMethod='scale');
}
This was tested with Internet Explorer 9, Chrome 21, and Firefox 14.
Use this CSS:
background: url('img.png') no-repeat;
background-size: 100%;
You can actually achieve the same effect as a background image with the img tag. You just have to set its z-index lower than everything else, set position:absolute and use a transparent background for every box in the foreground.
You can add this class into your CSS file.
.stretch {
background: url(images/bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}
It works in:
Safari 3 or later
Chrome Whatever or later
Internet Explorer 9 or later
Opera 10 or later (Opera 9.5 supported background-size, but not the keywords)
Firefox 3.6 or later (Firefox 4 supports non-vendor prefixed version)
It is explained by CSS tricks: Perfect Full Page Background Image
Demo: https://css-tricks.com/examples/FullPageBackgroundImage/progressive.php
Code:
body {
background: url(images/myBackground.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}
In order to scale your images appropriately based on the container size, use the following:
background-size: contain;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
I use this, and it works with all browsers:
<html>
<head>
<title>Stretched Background Image</title>
<style type="text/css">
/* Remove margins from the 'html' and 'body' tags, and ensure the page takes up full screen height. */
html, body {height:100%; margin:0; padding:0;}
/* Set the position and dimensions of the background image. */
#page-background {position:fixed; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%;}
/* Specify the position and layering for the content that needs to appear in front of the background image. Must have a higher z-index value than the background image. Also add some padding to compensate for removing the margin from the 'html' and 'body' tags. */
#content {position:relative; z-index:1; padding:10px;}
</style>
<!-- The above code doesn't work in Internet Explorer 6. To address this, we use a conditional comment to specify an alternative style sheet for IE 6. -->
<!--[if IE 6]>
<style type="text/css">
html {overflow-y:hidden;}
body {overflow-y:auto;}
#page-background {position:absolute; z-index:-1;}
#content {position:static;padding:10px;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="page-background"><img src="http://www.quackit.com/pix/milford_sound/milford_sound.jpg" width="100%" height="100%" alt="Smile"></div>
<div id="content">
<h2>Stretch that Background Image!</h2>
<p>This text appears in front of the background image. This is because we've used CSS to layer the content in front of the background image. The background image will stretch to fit your browser window. You can see the image grow and shrink as you resize your browser.</p>
<p>Go on, try it - resize your browser!</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I wanted to center and scale a background image, without stretching it to the entire page, and I wanted the aspect ratio to be maintained. This worked for me, thanks to the variations suggested in other answers:
INLINE IMAGE: ------------------------
<div id="background">
<img src="img.jpg" class="stretch" alt="" />
</div>
CSS ----------------------------------
html {
height:100%;
}
#background {
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
z-index: -1;
}
.stretch {
margin: auto;
height:100%;
}
Thanks!
But then it was not working for the Google Chrome and Safari browsers (stretching worked, but the hight of the pictures was only 2 mm!), until someone told me what lacks:
Try to set height:auto;min-height:100%;
So change that for your height:100%; line, gives:
#### #background {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
z-index: -1;
}
.stretch {
width:100%;
height:auto;
min-height:100%;
}
Just before that newly added code I have this in my Drupal Tendu themes style.css:
html, body{height:100%;}
#page{background:#ffffff; height:auto !important;height:100%;min-height:100%;position:relative;}
Then I have to make a new block within Drupal with the picture while adding class=stretch:
< img alt="" class="stretch" src="pic.url" />
Just copying a picture with the editor in that Drupal block doesn't work; one has to change the editor to non-formatted text.
I agree with the image in absolute div with 100% width and height. Make sure you set 100% width and height for the body in the CSS and set margins and padding to zero. Another issue you will find with this method is that when selecting text, the selection area can sometimes encompass the background image, which has the unfortunate effect of making the full page have the selected state. You can get round this by using the user-select:none CSS rule, like so:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
html,body {
height: 100%;
width: 100%
margin: none;
padding: none;
}
#background {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
z-index: -99999;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-o-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
#background img {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#main{ z-index:10;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
content here
</div>
<div id="background"><img src="bg.jpg"></div>
</body>
</html>
Again, Internet Explorer is the bad guy here, because it doesn't recognise the user-select option - not even Internet Explorer 10 preview supports it, so you have the option of either using JavaScript to prevent background image selection (for example, http://www.felgall.com/jstip35.htm ) or using CSS 3 background-stretch method.
Also, for SEO I would put the background image at the bottom of the page, but if the background image takes too long to load (that is, with a white background initially), you could move to the top of the page.
I used a combination of the background-X CSS properties to achieve the ideal scaling background image.
background-size: cover;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-attachment: fixed;
This makes the background always cover the entire browser window and remains centered when scaling.
Use the Backstretch plugin. One could even have several images slide. It also works within containers. This way for example one could have only a portion of the background been covered with an background image.
Since even I could get it to work proves it to be an easy to use plugin :).
The following worked for me.
.back-ground {
background-image: url("../assets/background.png");
background-size: 100vw 100vh;
}
that worked to cover the entire background on different dimensions
If you want to have the content centered horizontally, use a combination like this:
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
background-position: center;
This will look beautiful.
Use this CSS:
background-size: 100% 100%
You can use the border-image : yourimage property to scale the image up to the border. Even if you give the background-image, the border image will be drawn over it.
The border-image property is very useful if your style sheet is implemented somewhere which doesn't support CSS 3. If you are using Google Chrome or Firefox, then I recommend the background-size:cover property itself.
Do you want to achieve this just using one image? Because you can actually make somewhat similar to a stretching background using two images. PNG images for instance.
I've done this before, and it's not that hard. Besides, I think stretching would just harm the quality of the background. And if you add a huge image it would slow down slow computers and browsers.