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CSS

Nestor Segura
Nestor Segura
13,025 Points
Posted by Nestor Segura
Nestor Segura
13,025 Points

set the size of an img using css seudo class ::before and content:

I need to set the size of an image so that it fix to the size of the text that come with it, I am using this code: 

***
<a href="#" id="twitter">Twitter</a> 

***

***

#twitter::before { content: url("icon/img/twitter.png")}

***

I get the image displayed, but I want to resize it to fix with the text.

have any one any idea?

1 Answer

Radu Ioan Stochita
Radu Ioan Stochita
3,558 Points

width and height properties didn't work for me, but I found something useful on Stacoverflow. There are some good techniques to that. Just set the background of your link(for example) with that image, then remove it's repeat values and set its size and add some padding and voilla!

This is a snippet from my code:

a[href $= ".zip"] {
    background: url("img/zip.png");
}

a[href $= ".pdf"] {
    background: url("img/pdf.png");

}

a[href ^= "https://www.google"] {
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 16px 16px;
    padding: 0 0 0 25px;
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6668577/using-before-css-pseudo-element-to-add-image-to-modal