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CSS

Posted by Courtney Pruitt
Courtney Pruitt
220 Points

How to center a background using CSS.

I am building a website for a space company and would like to make the background an image of a rocket launching. I have successfully added the image, but am having trouble centering it. Does anyone know how I do this?

3 Answers

Damien Venegas
Damien Venegas
12,909 Points
Damien Venegas
Damien Venegas
12,909 Points

html { background-image: url(imageurl.jpg); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position: center center; }

or

html { margin: 0; padding: 0; background: url(image-url-here.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed; -webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; }

Hope that helps...it usually works for me.

ps.(You can use body { } or html {} as your selectors.)

Courtney Pruitt
Courtney Pruitt
220 Points
Courtney Pruitt
Courtney Pruitt
220 Points

The second one worked great thanks!!!

Damien Venegas
Damien Venegas
12,909 Points
Damien Venegas
Damien Venegas
12,909 Points

Great! Glad to have been of help! :)