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CSS CSS Selectors Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes Substring Matching Attribute Selectors - "Begins With" and "Ends With"

Nicholas Wallen
Nicholas Wallen
12,278 Points
Posted by Nicholas Wallen
Nicholas Wallen
12,278 Points

Dumb Question: Why does he repeat the background size value twice?

background-size: 18px 18px;

So I put 18px only once, and got the same result. How come Guil put it twice?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The first value is width, the second one is height.

If you specify only the width, the height is set to "auto". So if the image being displayed is square, there would be no visible difference between one value and two identical values.

Peter Huang
Peter Huang
5,427 Points
Peter Huang
Peter Huang
5,427 Points

questions and answers are great. I was wondering the same thing but thank god for this answer