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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Background Properties

Posted by MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
9,532 Points

position

Position the background image to be vertically and horizontally centered.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Background Properties</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="box"></div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.box{
  background-color:#387ABC;
  background-image:url('img/mike.png');
  background-repeat:no-repeat;
  background-position:;


}

2 Answers

Chris Grazioli
Chris Grazioli
31,225 Points
Chris Grazioli
Chris Grazioli
31,225 Points

Check out the reference material and learn how to help yourself better: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background-position or http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-position.asp

Just using background-position: center; should suffice, but center center; will work Try doing it with responsive percentages background-position: 50% 50%;

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

So much for trying the no-nonsense reply! Thought I had a good feeling for the kind of rapport they wanted. :)

I repeat to myself, "Teach them to fish...."

Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points 
.box {
  background-position: center center;
}

first value is for horizontal center, second is for vertical :)