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CSS

Posted by Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points

Background Image Doesn't Fixed on Mobile Devices

I've forced the background image of the body this site to fixed but somehow some mobile devices don't follow the rule. Any tips?

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

The grey swirly thing? It stays fixed on Chrome when minimized to mobile sizes, not tried on the iPad yet though as it's a challenge to get it off my girlfriend :)

4 Answers

Jeremy Germenis
Jeremy Germenis
29,854 Points

When you scroll a mobile page some devices are not actually scrolling they are "moving around" a sized version of the page. Support for fixed backgrounds are limited. You can try something like modernizr and make a css rule for browsers that support fixed backgrounds and another rule for those that do not.

Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points

What's the css rule like for a Wordpress site?

Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points
Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points

Adam Sackfield Hi Adam, please help check on iPad and share your view. Thanks and happy weekend!

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

iPad Mini, background is not fixed (it scrolls off the screen)

Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points
Susan Siow
Susan Siow
6,497 Points

Thanks @adamsackfield, have you tried making the background fixed on an ios device?

I've tried forcing it with background-attachment: fixed !important; but it doesn't work.

Jeremy Germenis
Jeremy Germenis
29,854 Points
Jeremy Germenis
Jeremy Germenis
29,854 Points

If you haven't found a solution yet you can try wrapping the page in a div and adding scroll bars to it and removing the standard browser scroll bars with css.