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CSS

Posted by liolo liol
liolo liol
Courses Plus Student 59 Points

css full image background

i want to create a full image background web with the header etc. but i only found tricks for that, does anyone now which course is the correct?

Russel Klueg
Russel Klueg
2,813 Points

I believe it is in the CSS Basics course. you can set your image and set the background-size: cover; declaration. It should make the image fill the container while preserving the aspect ratio.

2 Answers

John Moya
John Moya
17,963 Points
John Moya
John Moya
17,963 Points

There are two tecniques to scale the image in a container 

.container {
    width: 100%;
    /*you can allow the height to be defined by the content*/
}

.img {
    width:100;
     /* Also you can define the height as needed */
}

.container{
    /* second way of doing it */
    background-image:url('smiley.gif');
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-size:cover;
}
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Here is one way to do it. CSS Full Screen Background