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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Backgrounds: Size and Position

Posted by Jake Almendarez
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Jake Almendarez
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,250 Points

image size

the mountain image is a pretty big size image. would this work with a smaller image like 400px x 400px? would it stretch or still fill the entire container?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You can control image display with CSS. An image can be shown in normal size, or you can choose from several ways to make it expand to fill the container.

For details, see this MDN page on the object-fit setting.