Background image doesn't fit browser when resized - image

I can't seem to get my background to stay fitted to my browser when I resize the window. Please help!
Here are the images to show you what is going on: View images
The first image is how it should be fitted, the second is when I stretch it horizontally and the third is when I stretch is vertically (sorry, not sure why it uploaded my images twice)
Here is my code I am using:
body {
background: url('images/bkg-img.png');
repeat: no-repeat;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}

The problem is that background-size: cover covers the background positioning area (see W3C page), which is, in some cases, the calculated height of the body. Not always as high as the window!
The simplest solution I've found is also put a
html {height:100%}
in the stylesheet. But you might have to experiment a bit with your setup to get it to work the way you want. I'm pretty sure it varies across browsers and depends on whether you're using standards or quirks mode.

There are lot's ways to do this, if you set the image as background-image of body it is not going to shrink or expand it is going to be stay same this is the expected behaviour.
You can use sth. like this for this:
<div id="bg">
<img src="images/bg.jpg" alt="">
</div>
And style of them:
#bg {
position: fixed;
top: -50%;
left: -50%;
width: 200%;
height: 200%;
}
#bg img {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
margin: auto;
min-width: 50%;
min-height: 50%;
}
To be able to put your content above of the background image put your content inside another div like:
<div class="pagewrap">
<p>Content</p>
</div>
And class of it:
.pagewrap {
position: relative;
z-index: 2;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
View demo or other techniques, about z-index.

Fixed image
If you don't need the bg image to scroll with the page, you can still apply the bg image to the body tag if you set background-attachment: fixed;
body {
background: url('images/bkg-img.png') no-repeat 0 0 fixed;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}
jQuery
If the bg image does need to scroll with the page, it might be worthwhile to apply some JavaScript or jQuery code, in the interest of keeping the HTML and CSS relatively simple.
function stretchBg(width, height, contain) {
var pageWidth = $(document).width();
var pageHeight = $(document).height();
if ((pageWidth / pageHeight) > (width / height) == !!contain)
$('body').css({backgroundSize: 'auto ' + pageHeight + 'px'});
else
$('body').css({backgroundSize: pageWidth + 'px auto'});
}
$(document).ready(function(){ stretchBg(640, 480); }); // Page load
$(window).resize(function(){ stretchBg(640, 480); }); // Browser resize
JSFiddle Demo (and standalone version of the demo)
To preserve the aspect ratio, the native width and height of the image are passed to the above function, along with an optional third parameter for whether the bg image should cover or contain the page (the default is cover).
Alternately, here's a more-advanced demo (and standalone version) that automatically detects the native resolution of the bg image currently applied to the body tag. Below is an example of using it:
$(document).ready(function(){
FullBodyBackground.init({contain: false});
});

Related

Background-size pixels polyfil for IE8?

I need to make CSS3's background-size properly work in IE8. There are a lot of javascript libraries out there but they extend the options "cover" and "contain" rather than a px value. As I'm using an image sprite I need to set the background size in pixels.
Here is a demo of my code. The sprite image is 600px 400px but ive set the background size to be 300px x 200px so that is looks crisp on high density displays.
<a class="one">Link one</a>
<a class="two">Link two</a>
a {
overflow: hidden;
text-indent: -9999px;
display: block;
width: 58px;
height: 58px;
background: url("https://cdn.tutsplus.com/webdesign/uploads/legacy/tuts/373_sprites/angry_birds.png");
background-size: 300px 200px;
} a.one {
background-position: 0 0;
}
a.two {
background-position: 0 -56px;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/rr2obdss/4/
Can I extend support to IE8 without having to create and maintain a 2nd image sprite?
Depending on the specific case, which you don't really explain in much detail, a workaround with pseudo elements may work?
Just add a pseudo element of the specified size and have it have the sprite as background?
With the right combination of position absolute/relative and z-index this could work.
If you provide more information of what exactly you are trying to achieve I will be able to provide better help.
Edit:
Okay, so I got a solution now. Kind of as expected: looks quite dirty.
But that's what you get when you want to do fancy stuff in IE8 :-P
a {
overflow: hidden;
text-indent: -9999px;
display: block;
width: 58px;
height: 58px;
position: relative;
}
a:before {
content: "";
background: url(https://cdn.tutsplus.com/webdesign/uploads/legacy/tuts/373_sprites/angry_birds.png);
zoom: .5;
text-indent: 0;
overflow: hidden;
width: 600px;
height: 400px;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
}
a.one:before {
background-position: 0 0;
}
a.two:before {
background-position: 0 -112px;
}
The downside of this is, that you would have to calculate the zoom factor instead of just writing down the dimensions you want to have. Also background-position would then be in relation to the full-size background.
Is anything unclear with what I am doing in above code?
The only thing you can do is to :
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
src='image.gif',
sizingMethod='scale');
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
src='image.gif',
sizingMethod='scale')";
But this can cause issues if you use sprite image.
According to caniuse.com, this polyfill may help.
Hope this helps...
-- Lance

How can you scale a large image in responsive design with no height?

For my website this is what I am using for the image with regards to responsive design:
.logo {
max-width: 100%;
display: block;
height: auto;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
The image scales properly width wise but the image's height is too big. In these kinds of situations what can one do to make the image scale properly? If I remove height auto and assign 70px the image looks good when viewed in full version but as you begin to shrink the size of the browser the image looks like it's going inwards.
HOw can i fix this?
try this:
{
max-height: 100%;
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
width: auto;
}
for this wrapp a div around img and apply the height you want and overflow hide it
.imgwrapp {width:100%;height:70px;overflow:hidden;float:left}
So given the css you have there, the ratio of width to height of the image is what's giving you problems. If you don't like the height of the image when the browser is wide, then you should probably get a different image/crop it. When you set the height to 70px what you're doing is forcing the image into a box that it doesn't fit in, so the image will look funny as it's being scaled weird.
But alas there is another option. here is a jsfiddle that shows only the amount of the image that fits within my first n pixels (in your case 70) so that way it will kind of slide out of view. Check the css here :
.header {
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
overflow:hidden;
}
.everythingelse {
width: 100%;
height: 200px;
}

IE7, CSS3, background images & scaling

Ok, so here's my problem.
For a client I'm using a lightbox (in this case slimbox2)
I've modified it's contents so that if the images are larger than the screensize,
the image max width/height is the screensize itself.
So in other words: if image > screensize => image == screensize
I'm using css3 background-size property for most browsers wich works just fine.
And for IE5.5+ I'm using the filter: AlphaImageLoader.
All this is good, but when I hover on the image I should get a next and previous button.
This does not work in IE7- It seems the buttons stay under the background image because
it has the css filter: AlphaImageLoader on it. Is there any way to make
the buttons visible?
Here's a piece of my code (JQUERY MERGED WITH PHP):
$bgsize = preload.width +'px '+preload.height +'px';
$(image).css({backgroundImage: "url(" + activeURL + ")",
visibility: "hidden",
display: "block",
'background-size':$bgsize,
'-webkit-background-size':$bgsize,
'filter':'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=\''+ activeURL+'\',sizingMethod=\'scale\')',
'-ms-filter':'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src=\''+ activeURL+'\',sizingMethod=\'scale\'
Here's the css:
#lbImage {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
#lbPrevLink, #lbNextLink {
display: block;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right:-10px;
width: 50%;
outline: none;
}
#lbPrevLink {
left: 0;
}
#lbPrevLink:hover {
background: url(prevlabel.jpg) no-repeat 0 15%;
}
#lbNextLink {
right: 0;
z-index:20000;
}
#lbNextLink:hover {
background: transparent url(nextlabel.jpg) no-repeat 100% 15%;
}
PS: tried the most common solutions like z-index, positioning relative/absolute, etc..
AlphaImageLoader puts an image between the object background and content, so everything underneath is obscured. Use a background-size shim or a pure CSS lightbox as an alternative.

Set background image according to screen resolution

I would like to be able to change my webpage background image according to the screen resolution the user uses so:
if screen resolution is greater than or equal to 1200*600 then background = mybackground.jpg no-repeat or else. How can I do this?
Pure CSS approaches that work very well are discussed here. Two techniques are examined in particular and I personally prefer the second as it not CSS3 dependent, which suits my own needs better.
If most/all of your traffic has a CSS3 capable browser, the first method is quicker and cleaner to implement (copy/pasted by Mr. Zoidberg in another answer here for convenience, though I'd visit the source for further background on why it works).
An alternative method to CSS is to use the JavaScript library jQuery to detect resolution changes and adjust the image size accordingly. This article covers the jQuery technique and provides a live demo.
Supersized is a dedicated JavaScript library designed for static full screen images as well as full sized slideshows.
A good tip for full-screen images is to scale them with a correct ratio beforehand. I normally aim for a size of 1500x1000 when using supersized.js or 1680x1050 for other methods, setting the jpg quality for photographs to between 60-80% resulting in a file size in the region of 100kb or less if possible without compromising quality too much.
Delete your "body background image code" then paste this code:
html {
background: url(../img/background.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed #000;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}
Hi heres a javascript version which changes the background image src according to screen resolution. You have to have the different images saved in the right size.
<html>
<head>
<title>Javascript Change Div Background Image</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin:0;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
#div1 {
background-image:url('sky.jpg');
width:100%
height:100%
}
p {
font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:11px;
}
</style>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function changeDivImage()
{
//change the image path to a string
var imgPath = new String();
imgPath = document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage;
//get screen res of customer
var custHeight=screen.height;
var custWidth=screen.width;
//if their screen width is less than or equal to 640 then use the 640 pic url
if (custWidth <= 640)
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(640x480.jpg)";
}
else if (custWidth <= 800)
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(800x600.jpg)";
}
else if (custWidth <= 1024)
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(1024x768.jpg)";
}
else if (custWidth <= 1280)
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(1280x960.jpg)";
}
else if (custWidth <= 1600)
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(1600x1200.jpg)";
}
else {
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(graffiti.jpg)";
}
/*if(imgPath == "url(sky.jpg)" || imgPath == "")
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(graffiti.jpg)";
}
else
{
document.getElementById("div1").style.backgroundImage = "url(sky.jpg)";
}*/
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="changeDivImage()">
<div id="div1">
<p>This Javascript Example will change the background image of<br />HTML Div Tag onload using javascript screen resolution.</p>
<p>paragraph</p>
</div>
<br/>
</body>
</html>
I know it's too old question but thought to answer, it might will help someone. If you see twitter, you will find something very tricky but pure css approach to achieve this.
<div class="background"><img src="home-bg.png" /></div>
Applied CSS
.background {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
height: 200%;
left: -50%;
position: fixed;
width: 200%;}
.background img{
bottom: 0;
display: block;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
min-height: 50%;
min-width: 50%;
right: 0;
top: 0;}
This background images fits to all size. even portrait view of ipad. it always adjust the image in center. if you zoom out; image will remain the same.
Set body css to :
body {
background: url(../img/background.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed #000;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}
I've had this same issue but have now found the resolution for it.
The trick is to create a wallpaper image of 1920*1200.
When you then apply this wallpaper to the different machines, Windows 7 automatically resizes for best fit.
Hope this helps you all
Put into css file:
html { background: url(images/bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed; -webkit-background-size: cover; -moz-background-size: cover; -o-background-size: cover; background-size: cover; }
URL images/bg.jpg is your background image

Crop an image instead of stretching it

When I insert an image in a container with fixed width and height, the image stretches to fit that space. Is there a way to display the image at its normal size, but with the excess clipped out?
The modern way is to use object-fit: none; (or the more common object-fit: cover; if you want to scale, but without stretching).
img {
object-fit: cover;
}
97% of browser sessions support this as of 2022 May. — Can I use?
If you want to anchor the image to the top left corner instead of the center, add:
img {
object-position: 0 0;
}
<div style="width: 100px; height: 100px; background-image: url(your image); background-repeat: no-repeat;"></div>
Then in the above DIV you can play with CSS
width/height
background-position
to create different crop effects.
You can use the CSS clip property:
#image_element
{
position:absolute;
clip:rect(0px,60px,200px,0px);
}
The downside of using clip is that the element has to be absolutely positioned, and is only available with the 'rect' shape.
See:
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_pos_clip.asp
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/clip_gallery
Use this :
http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_background-position.asp
background-position: 5px 5px;
and then set the height and width of the div
height: 55px;
width: 55px;
Show it as a background image

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