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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Backgrounds: Size and Position

Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
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background shorthand

Is background: url("xyz.jpg") cover; same as background-image: url("xyz.jpg"); background-size: cover; If not then why?

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Andrei Mija
Andrei Mija
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Andrei Mija
Andrei Mija
9,455 Points

Yes, both background properties that you have written are the same and are totally valid. Here you can see the general shorthand property from which you can choose what you need:

background: bg-color bg-image position/bg-size bg-repeat bg-origin bg-clip bg-attachment initial|inherit;

And your code looks like this:

background: bg-image position/bg-size;

which is correct.

Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,671 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,671 Points

Answer updated with code formatting. Check out the Markdown Cheatsheet for syntax examples, or peek at my edit.