I'm wondering what happens if a CSS style is supplied for a property which the browser supports, but the style itself isn't supported.
Take for example the following in IE8;
background: url(../path/to/img.png);
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
Does IE8 simply ignore the second style due to it's lack of supported for CSS3 colours?
Thanks :).
Does IE8 simply ignore the second style due to it's lack of supported for CSS3 colours?
The answer is YES, it will completely ignore that value, and hence it won't render any color, it's a common practice to use a fall back with a hex value like
.class_name {
background: #000;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}
So, when you write the background twice, it's completely valid, the browsers who understand the rgba() will render an opaque background, but the browsers who don't understand rgba() will use #000.
Though, there are various workarounds for that, like, you can use :before or :after, with filter property with a negative z-index, which can be used as an opaque background, or you can do is, use a normal 1x1 px opaque png image only for IE8.
For example
background: url("IMAGE_URL_HERE")\9; /* Targets IE8 and below */
In IE 8, I am seeing the alt text getting displayed in the print preview when the image is not getting displayed.The issue is not occurring in chrome. I want to fix this issue in IE 8.
Src of the image gets added in run time. At some times images will not be available from the server
<img src="null" alt="weird issue">
Needed a fix without using javascript
You can't style the alt text directly, but it will inherit from the img parent so probably the easiest is to simply set the color of your img to white in the CSS (and if for print applications, then within your print styles).
Try this:
img{
color: #fff;
background-color: #fff;
}
In that example, I've also set the background-color to white but this probably isn't 100% necessary given that if this is a print style, the background will inevitably be white anyway.
As has been mentioned in the comments below this answer, you may be able to use a CSS attribute selector to only target those imgs that have 'null' as their source.
This would work like this:
img[src="null"]{
color: #fff;
background-color: #fff;
}
This would, however, come with a few additional requirements/assumptions:
That the src is indeed 'null', and not just an ampty string (in which case you could use img[src=""]).
CSS attribute selectors work in IE7 and up. However, IE7 and IE8 are a little delicate to !DOCTYPE declarations so you have to ensure that your page has a valid !DOCTYPE declared.
Older browsers (IE6, for example) will not support this, so you'll still get the alt text come through.
Assumes that a CSS resolution is actually what you're asking for, and - as before - that the background the image sits on is indeed white!
You could extend upon ths use of attribute selectors to simply ensure that those images coming through with src="null" aren't displayed at all:
img[src="null"]{
display: none;
}
For mozilla : study this code and find a way to achieve it with other browsers.
img:-moz-broken:before,
input:-moz-broken:before,
img:-moz-user-disabled:before,
input:-moz-user-disabled:before,
img:-moz-loading:before,
input:-moz-loading:before,
applet:-moz-empty-except-children-with-localname(param):-moz-broken:before,
applet:-moz-empty-except-children-with-localname(param):-moz-user-disabled:before {
content: -moz-alt-content !important;
unicode-bidi: -moz-isolate;
}
Or, some absolutely basic inline javascript, some verry ugly old-school inline event handler:
<img src="broken.png" onerror="this.style.display='none'" />
I want to style all my th elements the same (white text on black background) apart from a couple of usages where this formatting is not wanted - in which case I add a class of no-headers to the table element.
th {background-color: #000000; color:#FFF;}
table.no-headers th {color:inherit; background-color:inherit ;border:inherit; }
So here is some example markup if you needed some
<table><tr><th>This has a black bground</th></tr></table>
<table class="no-headers"><tr><th>This inherits bground from parent</th></tr></table>
This works fine in IE 8/9 and FF and Chrome but not in IE 7.
IE 7 just will not use the 2nd rule - despite it being more selective.
In fact I have tried all sorts to fix this problem - all to no avail.
I have tried adding the no-headers class on the th element too
th {background-color: #000000; color:#FFF;}
th.no-headers {color:inherit; background-color:inherit ;border:inherit; }
<table><tr><th class="no-headers">This inherits bground from parent</th></tr></table>
and even that doesn't work - I am left feeling like I am doing something really obviously stupid / wrong - but then again it works fine in other browsers!
Any help greatly appreciated.
IE7 does not recognize the inherit keyword (except on a few obscure properties).
Your best bet is to specify the default colors manually.
According to this SO post: IE7 CSS inheritance does not work IE didn't suport inherit until IE8. So you will have to specify the color, background, and border specifically.
IE7 does not support style inheriting. That was introduced in IE8.
See: IE7 CSS inheritance does not work
This is not a huge problem, since IE8 is a universal upgrade from IE7, unlike IE9, which is only available for Windows NT6 and above.
For IE 6 we have plenty of bugs to bug us as a designer.
incorrect box model etc etc.
i have searched for fixes via JavaScript and found
[link text][1]
IE7.js
IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.
but do we have real life saver other than javascript via css.
Ways to deal with IE6 bugs with CSS? Sure.
See: http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html
for conditional comments
There are other ways, such as adding some specific characters in some CSS properties that get ignored in some browsers but not in others.
However, in some cases, web designers should be very cautious when using these.
The alternative is to live within the IE 6 world of bugs and design your pages to look right despite them. You can serve up different css for your IE6 clients, or even different html if necessary, depending on your design. In some cases, you can use one CSS file that will mean different things to IE6 clients, but that technique is problematic with respect to IE7 and 8.
this link is also handy one
How do you deal with Internet Explorer?
I never knew this - thanks svinto
"IE6 doesn't have the incorrect box model unless you have the wrong doctype. – svinto"
There are some simple stylesheet hacks that can modify the presentation in various internet explorer versions to solve your CSS problems. For example these three:
Simplified box model hack for IE4, IE5, IE5.5:
div.values { margin: 10px; m\argin: 20px; }
star html hack for IE4, IE5, IE5.5 and IE6:
* html div.values { margin: 5px; }
star first-child+html hack for IE7:
*:first-child+html div.values { margin: 5px; }
PNG transparancy issues could be solved with solutions like this:
<div style="width:50px;height:50px;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='/images/logo/logo.png');">
<img src="/images/logo/logo.png" height="50" width="50" alt="" style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=0);" />
</div>
Great info so far but one thing to note is that IE7.js doesn't fix pngs in all cases (at least last I looked). For instance, you won't be able to tile a background image with transparency.
In the case of DXImageTransform you may find that when this is applied to elements that contain links, those links are no longer 'clickable'. You can sometimes fix this by giving the parent element that has the transform applied to it static positioning and to position the child anchor element e.g.,
h2{
position:static;
zoom:1;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src="/images/mypng.png", sizingMethod="scale");
}
h2 a{
position:relative;
}
<h2><a href="" >a link!</a></h2>
If you have to do this sort of garbage put it in a separate stylesheet and control loading with conditional comments. If the design is of any complexity try you best not to support ie6 or <. If you can't avoid doing it, charge more ;). Sometimes that is enough to persuade someone that supporting ie6 isn't "worth their while".
why don't you try FireBug Light for IE? It's not as powerful as FireFox FireBug but can be helpful
Many bugs can be worked around in CSS using conditional comments or CSS selector hacks. But there are some bugs that CSS hacks alone cannot handle such as IE6's .multiple.class.selector.bug
There's another quick and dirty hack for IE6 styles
for e.g.
You can define the CSS as;
.divTitle
{
padding: 5px;
width: 600px;
_width: 590px;
}
All the other browsers picks up 600px as the width value & IE6 overwrites it & take 590px;
I've tested this in IE7 & FF as well.
Also you may want to check this link;
link text
An image set as the background of a DIV is displayed in IE, but not in Firefox.
CSS example:
div.something {
background:transparent url(../images/table_column.jpg) repeat scroll 0 0;
}
(The issue is described in many places but haven't seen any conclusive explanation or fix.)
Sorry this got huge, but it covers two possibilities that consistently happen to me.
Possibility 1
You may find the path to the CSS file isn't correct. For example:
Say I have the following file structure:
public/
css/
global.css
images/
background.jpg
something/
index.html
index.html
On public/index.html the following paths will include the CSS file:
#1: <link href="./css/global.css"
#2: <link href="/css/global.css"
#3: <link href="css/global.css"
However on public/something/index.html number 1 and 3 will fail. If you are using a directory structure like this (or an MVC structure e.g.: http://localhost/controller/action/params) use the second href type.
Firebug's Net monitor tab will tell you if the CSS file can't be included.
On the subject of paths remember that images are relative to the path of the CSS file. So:
url('./images/background.jpg') /* won't work */
url('../images/background.jpg') /* works: ../ == up one level */
Hover over the url() part of the background attribute in Firebug's CSS tab to check if the file's being loaded.
Possibility 2
It could be that the div has no content and thus has a 0 height. Make sure the div has at least a line of something in (e.g.: lorem ipsum delors secorum) or:
div.something {
display: block; /* for verification */
min-height: 50px;
min-width: 50px;
}
Check Firebug's layout tab (of the HTML tab) to check the div has a height/width.
Strangely enough, after smashing my head on the keyboard for hours, I added display:table; to the DIV's style and the background image magically appeared in FF.
It looks like a background-attachment issue. It needs to be set to fixed (not scroll) to work in FF.
See: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.asp?filename=trycss_background-position
Happend with me. The jpg does shows in IE but not in Firefox or Chrome. Here is the solution
Change the following css for the element where image is displayed. It can be span, div or any other element :
display:block
Old post but I just Had a similar problem images not showing up in Firefox turns out it was Ad-block add-on, had to change the names of my images
Try putting the image name in quotes, e.g.:
background-image: url('image.jpg');
I've had a similar issue. The reason is that firefox is sensitive for missing fields in your css. Chrome will (sometimes) auto complete missing field, thus the issue appears on your firefox browser.
You need to add a display type, because right now it is being translated to 0 height.
In my case:
.left-bg-image {
display: block; // add this line
background-image: url('../images/profile.jpeg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
background-position: center center;
opacity: .6;
min-width: 100%;
min-height: 100vh;
}
Make sure that the image you are referring to is relative to the css file and not the html file.
try this.
background-color: transparent;
background-image: url("/path/to/image/file.jpg");
background-repeat: repeat;
background-position: top;
background-attachment: scroll;
Instead of using URLs relative to the page/stylesheet, a cross-browser solution is to give a relative URL starting with the application/domain root.
/* Relative to Stylesheet (Works in Firefox) */
background: url('../images/logo.gif');
/* Relative to Page (Works in IE, Chrome etc.) */
background: url('images/logo.gif');
/* Absolute path (Fine, unless you change domains)*/
background: url('http://www.webby.com/myproduct/images/factsheet.gif');
/* Domain Root-relative path (Works in Firefox, IE, Chrome and Opera) */
background: url('/myproduct/images/factsheet.gif');
FYI: As far as I'm concerned, there is no requirement to use quotes in CSS URLs, I've used them here 'cause it looks prettier.
I solved a similar problem by renaming the CSS class. MSIE allows CSS class IDs to begin with numbers; Firefox doesn't. I had created a class using the width of the image in pixels e.g. .1594px-01a
I actually knew it was non-standard syntax but since it was working fine in MSIE I had forgotten about it. After trying all the other stuff it finally dawned on me that it could be a simple as the naming, and as soon as I put a letter in front of the class, presto!
For me, it was a matter of the file-name being case-sensitive. I'm not sure if it was CSS or if it was my Ubuntu operating system, or if it was firefox, but the way that I finally got the background images to display was by referring to BlueGrad.jpg instead of bluegrad.jpg. The former of the two is how it was saved. I didn't think it would be case sensitive, but it was.
You could try this:
div.something {
background: transparent url(../images/table_column.jpg);
}
The other declarations are shorthand CSS properties, and I afaik they are not needed.
Do you have this online somewhere? I'd like to see if I can fiddle with it a bit. (locally)
More questions than answers I'm afraid, but they might help you get to the right answer:
Is it possible that you are collapsing the div in Firefox in some way (with some floats or similar)?
Is there any other content in the div to ensure it's large enough to display the image?
Have you installed Firebug and taken a look at the CSS definitions on the page?
Are you absolutely sure the image is a JPG file and not a PNG/Other file?
I'm wondering if IE is letting you get away with something other browsers are not.
Likewise, is the files case exactly as specified?
There's this HTML 'base' tag like in
<head>
<base href="http://example.com/some/bizarre/directory"/>
</head>
If this is present in your page, the image for the url is not relative to your current url, but to the given base url. I wouldn't know why IE displays it and Firefox doesn't, though.
The Webdeveloper Firefox extension provides the option to "Display broken images" - this may come in handy. Also, you might try "Live Http Headers" to see if/what image is requested and what the return code is.
I had a similar problem regarding the CSS background-image property in FF. It worked fine in IE but refused to work in FF ;) After reading a few posts I established that the issue was indeed that there was no content in the div except for a table (I was trying to make the background image adjust to the size of the broswer without collapsing or expanding and therefore used a much larger image in the background of the div in order to form a 'cropping' of sorts.) The solution for me it seems was to simply 'cheat' by placing an img tag that displayed a blank .png file that I then re-adjusted to the the correct height of the image with width set to 100%. This worked for my problem, and I hope it helps anyone else who is running into a similar problem. Probably not the best fix, but it's a fix ;)
The only other thing I can think of besides what has already been said is the way the picture was created. If you made/edited the image in Photoshop, make sure you save as Save For Web...
Sometimes if you use a JPG image for Photoshop without saving as a Web image, it may not appear in Firefox. I had that happen a few weeks ago where a graphic artist created a beautiful header for a mini site and it would NOT appear in FF!
Wait...
Try setting a width and height on the div to expand it. It may be a no-content issue in your div.
For those, who encounter the problem in FF, but not in Chrome:
You could mistakenly mix between different value types for the position.
For example,
background: transparent url("/my/image.png") right 60% no-repeat;
Will make this error. The fix could be:
background: transparent url("/my/image.png") 100% 60% no-repeat;
My mistake was to use '\' instead of '/'. Worked OK in IE, but not in other browsers.
I found two things that were causing this problem:
I was using a .tif file which Firefox did not seem to like - I changed to a .png file.
I added overflow:auto; to the CSS for the div - display:block; did not work for me.
It may look very weird, but this works for me >
#hwrap {
background-color: #d5b75a;
background: url("..//design/bg_header_daddy.png"), url("..//design/nasty_fabric.png");
background-position: 50% 50%, top left;
background-origin: border-box, border-box;
background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
}
Yes, a double dot and double slash ... ??!!?? ... I can't find anything on the internet that reports this strange behaviour.
[edit]
I've made a seperate post > https://stackoverflow.com/q/18342019/529802
(It doesn't seem like these are the exact circumstances as of the OP but the issue is somewhat related and I've found a workaround for that which I want to share)
I've had the same problem – background-image visible everywhere except in Firefox – and for me, the issue had to do with the fact that I'm working on a browser add-on.
I'm injecting a file style.css in the pageMod module with the contentStyleFile attribute. In it, there's the rule background-image: url(/img/editlist.png); where I'm referencing an image file external to the add-on. The problem here is that Firefox, unlike other browsers, misinterprets this external domain root as the add-on's internal root!
The css-file is a 1:1 port from the Chrome version of the extension/add-on, so I didn't want to mess around with it. That's why I've added an additional contentStyle rule in combination with a copy of that image in my resource folder. This rule simply overwrites the rule inside the css-file.
(In hindsight maybe even a more elegant method than before …)
Nobody mentioned background-origin so there you go :
background-image:url('dead.beef');
background-size: 100% 100%;
background-origin:border-box;
Solved the problem for me ; my background apparently was outside my div.
In my case it caused by "Strict" mode in FF Privacy & Security settings. After I have changed to "Standard" all background images had become visible.
This worked for me:
1) Click on the background image table.
2) Right click on the status bar at the bottom of the page.
3) Click Inline styles.
4) Click the Background styles tab.
5) If you see 'Transparent' in the colour title, that is the problem.
6) Click the colour box and select a colour (white is a good choice.)
7) The colour title should now read white.
8) Click OK.
9) Save the page.
10) Upload the page and overwrite the existing file.
11) Refresh the page and your background picture will display.
Note: Please ensure that you have uploaded your background picture jpeg. I forgot to upload the background jpeg once and spent ages trying to sort it before I realised my error.
Regards
Martin