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CSS

Posted by Lady Do While
Lady Do While
6,027 Points

url() vs src=""

Why does background-image use url() instead of src="" like <img> does?

1 Answer

Timothy Madison
Timothy Madison
5,016 Points

background-image uses url() because that is css code. Image tags in html (<img>) use src="" because that is the html code. They have similar purposes, but it's different code. You could no more use url() in html to access an image any more than you could use src="" in css to access an image.

Lady Do While
Lady Do While
6,027 Points

Yeah I guess going through the material so quickly the languages start running together. Thanks!

Lady Do While
Lady Do While
6,027 Points

Yeah I guess going through the material so quickly the languages start running together. Thanks!