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CSS

Posted by Hannah Mackaness
Hannah Mackaness
4,437 Points

header behaving badly..

https://w.trhou.se/zo3x4iqk0o

Heya,

I have a large image with a face in it which I want to display as the header image. I just want the face in the header and I want it to reach across the full header.

When I position the image as a cover it does it correctly. When I ask the background position to be -12.5em I can see the face.

When I combine the two commands I see the face, the header is the correct height but the width is only half the page.

I don't know why this is this?

Thank you so much :)

1 Answer

Owen Swift
Owen Swift
5,744 Points
Owen Swift
Owen Swift
5,744 Points

I used this for one of my headers and it worked fine:

.main-header {

background: #6e8878 url('../img/longwood-banner.jpg') no-repeat center; background-size: cover; height: 160px;

}

See if that works ;)

Hannah Mackaness
Hannah Mackaness
4,437 Points

heya,

thanks for the suggestion, it didn't quite work on my design but I'll keep trying!