CSS Sprite Help - css

I was originally using the following code:
background-image: url(../images/tabbottom.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: left bottom;
The problem is when I convert it to a sprite, I have a fixed background-position, say 0px -400px;
Now how do I place it at the left bottom then?
Also, can I use background-repeat with a css sprite?
Thank you for your time.

background-repeat will not play nicely with your css sprite. nor will setting it to bottom left. Unfortuantely the only way around this is to use static width and height. In this case, you're better off not using the sprite

Now how do I place it at the left
bottom then?
By knowing the pixel dimensions of the element and positioning it carefully
Also, can I use background-repeat with a css sprite?
Sure - so long as you only repeat in one direction and your sprites are arranged in a line (not a grid).

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Left align text AND right align image in CSS

I am somewhat new to CSS and I have a problem that I can't seem to solve. I would like to have a series of divs on my page (stacked one on top of the other) and each of them should contain some text, and one or more images.
In particular, I would like the text to be left aligned, and vertically aligned in the middle, and the images should be right aligned, and the height of the div should be based upon the height of the images (which can be variable).
Basically each of the divs should look like so:
So far I have been able to get one or more of the requirements listed above, but never all of them at the same time. Is this actually possible with pure CSS, or should I just quit wasting my time and use a table?
Hi i have a solution for you chek this link http://jsfiddle.net/8mQc4/15/.
It's based use some properties like:
float and vertical-align.
This code allows flexible height and width of img, and also his container center vertically de text.Just try with more large texts or images.
Oh man I got a fun solution for you that may work but none the less is a solid idea!
If you set the image as the background you can avoid floating or positioning.
.section {
background: url(http://jpowell43.mydevryportfolio.com/flatDesign/images/tab-2.svg) no-repeat rgba(255, 255, 0, 0.4);
background-position: center right;
background-size: contain;
width: 100%;
}
The only thing that I may find to be a problem is the image size is based on the content inside of the div.
JSFIDDLE
This will allow the image to have a fixed size but! it does run into the problem of relying on the text for size over the image. :/
background-size: 80px 60px;
Fixed size
With the use of min-height: whatever; You can still achieve the desired result but not 100% the best.
min-height

CSS Background Repeat

Lets say I have an image with the width and height of 1700 x 1129px. What is the best way to be able to repeat this image so that you cannot tell that it has been repeated. I have tried using repeat-y but it looks like its another graphic.
There is nothing to do with css. Your image does not allow repeating. To repeat an image without bad effects your image has to have same start and end in the direction you want it to repeat.
There's a quite simple trick: end your image sides in a static color (like black or dark brown in your example), center your background image and color fill your background
body { background: black url(image.png) no-repeat center top; }
Use background-size property.
If you have a background which you think can be disguised by repeating horizontally then do the following.
background-size: 50% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;
if you think the background can be disguised by repeating vertically then do the following:
background-size: 100% 50%; background-repeat: repeat-y;
You will have to make a seamless image, that means that the upper and lower edges as well as the left and right edges of the image match their opposite edge perfectly, so no angles and color transitions being visible. The css approach using background-repeat is totally fine.
That's often used in CG, mostly in the 3D world.
There's plenty of tutorials around on making an image seamless, found one here.

Fixed background with CSS?

I would like to fix my background to 100% height of body and leave it there even when rest of the page scrolls.
How do I achieve this?
Right now all I have is background:url(bg.png);. The height of the image is 1200px and width 20px, if that matters.
in css, use this:
background-attachment: fixed;
Depending on what you want the background image to do there are a couple of options. There is a great article on ALA about full screen BG images that accounts for scaling:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/supersize-that-background-please/
If you are just looking to position the image in the browser you would do:
background:url(bg.png) no-repeat top left;
background-attachment:fixed;
Or however you want to position it respectively (top right, etc.)
Some browsers still have trouble supporting the stretching of background images so here's a workaround.
CSS3 Example and Support
Since it's already 1200px, you can use background-attachment:fixed; on the background to make it follow when they scroll. Example at w3schools. You can make the image look like it is meant to flow into a solid color at the bottom with a nice gradient, etc.

CSS - How to control the gap between background image and container

Is it possible that I can create a margin/padding between the background image and container that holds the image? In other words, I need to move the background image sprite_global_v3.png 20px to the right of the left border of #nav-primary.
Here the position "0 -470px" are used to pick the right picture from sprite. And I don't know how to apply a padding/margin of 20px in order to achieve what I expected.
#nav-primary {
background:url("http://static02.linkedin.com/scds/common/u/img/sprite/sprite_global_v3.png") no-repeat scroll 0 -470px transparent;
}
<div id="nav-primary">
<span>Hello World</span>
</div>
Based on http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp
body
{
background-image:url('img_tree.png');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right top;
}
If I understood correctly, the background-position is used to control the alignment of the background image. Now I need to control alignment and choose the right picture from a sprite. I don't know whether or not I can mix it together.
Thank you
No, there is no concept of padding/margin for background images.
Options:
1) Positioning the background (as already stated). The key is that the container would have to have fixed dimensions.
2) Nest a container inside a parent container. Parent gets the padding, child gets the background image.
Given that you are trying to do this with a sprite, both are likely options since a sprite has to have a fixed sized container anyways. For option 1, you'd need to make sure your sprite images have enough white space between each other in the file.
No, you can't mix them together.
You can place an image at an offset from the corner:
background-image: url('img_tree.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 20px 20px;
But you can't combine this with the sprite techinque. This technique uses the fact that the element is smaller than the background image to clip the image, but you can't clip the background image 20 pixels into the element.
You can specify the exact position of the background to the pixel.
If you wanted a 10-pixel gap on the left-hand side, for example:
#nav-primary {
background:url("http://static02.linkedin.com/scds/common/u/img/sprite/sprite_global_v3.png") no-repeat scroll transparent;
background-position:10px 0px;
}
That being said, it looks like you already specified it to be set at (0, -470). Does that not work?
The background-position property allows for percentages and values, e.g. "20px 0", which I think is what you're looking for.

How to set the background-position to an absolute distance, starting from right? [duplicate]

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I want to set a background image for a div, in a way that it is in the upper RIGHT of the div, but with a fixed 10px distance from top and right.
Here is how I would do that if wanted it in the upper LEFT of the div:
background: url(images/img06.gif) no-repeat 10px 10px;
Is there anyway to achieve the same result, but showing the background on the upper RIGHT?
In all modern browsers and IE down even to version 9 you can use a four-value syntax, specified in CSS3:
background-position: right 10px top 10px;
Source: MDN
Use the previously mentioned rule along with a top and right margin:
background: url(images/img06.gif) no-repeat top right;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-right: 10px;
Background images only appear within padding, not margins. If adding the margin isn't an option you may have to resort to another div, although I'd recommend you only use that as a last resort to try and keep your markup as lean and sementic as possible.
There are a few ways you can do this.
Do the math yourself, if possible. You already know the dimensions of your image. If you know the dimensions of the div, you can just put the image at (div width - image width - 10, div height - image height - 10).
Use Javascript to do the heavy lifting for you. Pretty much the same method as above, except you don't need to know the dimensions of the div itself. Javascript can tell you.
A more hackish way would be to put a 10px transparent border around the top and right of your image, and set the position to top right.
I don't know if it is possible in pure css, so you can try
background: url(images/img06.gif) no-repeat top right;
and modify your image to incorporate a 10px border on the top and right in a transparent color
You can use percentages:
background: url(...) top 98% no-repeat;
If you know the width of the parent div it should be pretty easy to determine what percentage you need to use.
One solution is to absolutely position an empty div, and give that the background. I don't believe there's a way to do it purely with CSS, no changes to the image, and no extra markup in a fluid layout.
You can fake the space on the right hand side with a border in pixels (white most of the time or maybe something else)
background-image: url(../images/calender.svg) center right
border-right: 5px white solid
The correct format is:
background: url(YourUrl) 0px -50px no-repeat;
Where 0px is the horizontal position and -50px is the vertical position.
CSS background-position accepts negative values.

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