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CSS

Posted by William Newell
William Newell
1,482 Points

How to get background image to scale.

I have a background image with in my header tag. I just can't get it to scale down in size when narrowing browser.

... header { width: 60%; height: 700px; margin: auto; background-image: url("/applications/mamp/htdocs/claire/images/bowl.jpg"); background-size: cover; background-position: centre;

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1 Answer

Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points
Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points

Hey William,

Give the following line a try inside of your header rule in place of your existing background-size: cover; declaration, it may be what you're looking for:

   background-size: 100% 100%;

It will still likely require some tweaking, but it generates the effect you seem to be looking for.

Good luck!