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CSS Bootstrap Basics Building Forms With Bootstrap Add Custom CSS to Your Bootstrap Site

matthew glen
matthew glen
14,153 Points
Posted by matthew glen
matthew glen
14,153 Points

Help setting background image of Jumbotron.

Hi, i'm currently making a portfolio and trying to set a image as the background of the Jumbotron.

.jumbotron { background-image: url('https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CZ77nayir9jyVtMEiBd2Mmkf4zKXI6DBs_gRg0nufdNAUEtiF5X0B1RxXcaj6SJcCJZ-QW6_2tOTLtUAIRWIebJvM9Qbul4c1CXG4gzbPlIIzeeDb7edliNyDJF3PEn8T14jFuNGIS0K6xnL36irMsBlxS_M0lhS5sSkNMp6G42LJdHgIdFeJ2-w0VbaZHb9tdfTlouNDdI5-KjL1xWwasY87Rr1c88aBbFDCX2ZRyZGN3X75mEcMlO3lXqJ9JljdQglAhgt370-17uXzB2X8EhpxcXDLGRq3S0YV1cNM6asYduLDfOkhaEHjnqHKV4Y6_fD8rOzEO3DtOHo5Ym_yAY6uHL1i4EKjoRinFBjJORM1wiOd81Sga36DysHIbwWxeQHadIIzyz8kaVy5ncevvaOIBDmwuGfjGhjUu9I29YGVgArkEGhjZElw1zXcTS2kGNXO0JieOBWeP5iWbCdN18xzrYv-aPC33KQBX2ff6rFPTMwFTr5SSzPUzQBexPk1OCuOr323z0EGDBdufyf8Fs0OdixuimrIJwr_3ZNhDpL8eu3AVctLQ2l0B8vy1s2aZzYboz_NDGSdkln9jpbs2ZDlt72wYojx63PkYg=w920-h518-no'); background-size: cover; }

This is my custom css, the image shows up but its only displaying a small proportion of the full image. Can somebody give me a hint on where i'm going wrong?

Thanks

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

Without the rest of the code (or un-protected access to the image), it's hard to know just what you are seeing. But perhaps your container shape doesn't match the image aspect?

If you just wanted to be sure to see the entire image (and don't mind resizing) you could do this:

  background-size: contain; 
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;

And you have some other options if you don't mind aspect distortion.