I'm wondering if this is possible, the ability to set the background position of an image to the top left of the html document, not the top left of the element it's the background of.
Psuedo-code
body {
background-image: url(someurlhere);
background-position: top left;
}
element {
background-image: url(sameurlhere);
background-position: top left /*Relative to body not element*/;
}
If I need to provide anything else to this question let me know and I'll amend it, but I'm sure it's pretty straight forward.
Edit: I can't use absolute positioning, I'm loading dynamic content and I want a tiled image to fit the background of several elements to make the illusion of holes in the page.
Edit 2: Here are some pictures to better explain the problem.
Picture 1: Notice the repeated pattern in the header elements. http://i.imgur.com/3lWguRE.png
Picture 2:This variation is what I aim to achieve. http://i.imgur.com/WtOeCQ2.png
The first question would be why you are not just setting the background image on the body element.
But if that's not appropriate, you have the option to set a background image on an element to fixed, in which case it will be fixed to the top left of the browser window and won't scroll.
element {background: url(image.fig) repeat fixed;}
However, the background will only show on the element it's attached to, even though it starts at the top left corner of the screen. (This is handy for parallax effects.)
EDIT: As a side note, if you are using the longhand background properties, fixed is set with
background-attachment: fixed;
All you have to do is wrap your element in a div absolute, and position it as you wish.
Can you provide some more information on the context of the element? Does it have any positioning set? Where is it in the document? It's a little unclear to me what exactly you are trying to accomplish.
Would putting the background on the body work?
This would set the background at the top left, but I doubt this is actually what you are trying to accomplish:
<div class="test">
</div>
.test:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background: url(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k497/animalsbeingdicks/abd-318.gif);
width: 352px;
height: 263px;
}
http://jsbin.com/imurah/1/
Related
I am trying to created a CSS design on my web app. I am going for a banner that is flapping in the wind. I want the banner to expand/scroll its height so all text will be displayed on the banner but regardless of how tall the banner is, I want to add a ripped section of the banner at the bottom of it. The banner will be the same width in all cases.
Something like the example below (forgive the horrible Paint screenshot):
I can't seem to wrap my brain around how to accomplish this. Any of you smart people have any ideas?
First, I think it'd be helpful if you could provide an example of what you have so far. For example, what's your HTML & CSS for the adjustable-height divs, just without the image at the bottom? Easier to add onto that.
I believe the best way would be to add an image element at the bottom of your adjustable element (assuming it's a <div>). Position it as absolute, and set it relative to the bottom of its parent container. You may have to fiddle with it a bit to get it to work. Don't forget to also set the position of the parent to relative.
If you'd like to see the shoddiest example ever, go here: https://jsfiddle.net/c2ptfv8o/
Good further reading on position: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position
Give the container element "position:relative" (to create a new positioning context) and some bottom padding (to make space for the image). Then you can either use a background image set to be at the bottom of the container and not repeat vertically or absolutely position an image to the bottom.
You can use pseudo-elements for this. This way you don't require extra markup for each element.
.myDiv {
position: relative;
}
.myDiv::after {
content: url(image.jpg);
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 100%; /* will be placed immediately where the div ends */
width: 100%;
}
Based on the height of the 'banner curls', set a margin-bottom on .myDiv.
Or directly, without absolute, as long as you don't have paddings:
.myDiv::after {
content: url(image.jpg);
display: block;
width: 100%;
}
I have the following element in my initial page concept:
http://tinyurl.com/bcmcxp9
The ribbon is a PNG image. What I'd like to be able to do is position this image exactly over the border of a box-shadowed div (representing the page content), without affecting the page width.
I've tried a couple of techniques.
By using position:absolute, I've been able to achieve the visual effect I was looking for, but it brings up the dreaded horizontal scrollbars! I want the edge of the div (not the edge of the image) to represent the edge of the page.
#banner-ribbon {
background-image: url(ribbon-right.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
position: absolute:
width: 419px;
height: 114px;
left: 700px;
top: 400px;
}
By using a div that sits between the content wrapper and the background, I've been able to position the image in the right place without affecting the horizontal scrollbars (sort of, I might need a little javascript to absolute-position it relative to the center), but I can't raise the image's z-index above its child divs!
#banner-ribbon-wrapper {
background-image: url(ribbon-right.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 90% 400px;
z-index: 70; /* does nothing */
}
Any ideas?
It sounds like the image is extending the boundaries of the page, causing the horizontal scroll bars. One way to fix this may be to set a width for your page and then hide anything that goes outside of it. Something like this may work for you:
body {
width: 100%;
overflow-x: hidden;
}
Example jsFiddle
Give your content div
position: relative
and to your ribbon
position: absolute
right:0
Make sure your image don't extend boundaries uncontrollably.
Working sample on JsFiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/BrvJk/
I have set up some background div's to theme a blog I am making. I am using 3 colors for the heading, a grey background, and I am wanting to add a texture to the background. I have the semi transparent image I want to tile, but I am not sure of the best way to have this work. I do NOT want position: fixed; on the div containing the image, so that it will move as you scroll.
Example code:
http://jsfiddle.net/YPXmT/
Is there a way to achieve this while not having scroll bars? (Note, I don't want to get rid of scrollbars, as content may require scrolling.)
Going from your example fiddle, you were most of the way there. All you have to do is make your backgroundTexture div height and width 100% instead of the static pixel values you used:
#backtexture {
position: absolute;
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background : url('http://static.tumblr.com/wyzt2fm/Hq8mhgfry/hp_asset_diagonalline.png');
}
MORE SIMPLE UPDATE:
Simplicity is best most times.
All you should need to do is add:
body{
position: relative
}
Don't bother making the container div and rearranging the elements as below, just making the body's position relative should fix this for you.
UPDATE: (Use update above, keeping this for posterity)
As per the comments below, with the code above any content that makes the window scroll beyond the visible space will not include the background. This is because the div is set to position: absolute and height/width: 100%. The div is getting sized to the size of the viewable space, but any content that extends beyond that will cause the background div to look like it has stopped. To fix this problem you just need to tweak your HTML and CSS a little bit more. Instead of the CSS above use:
#backtexture {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background : url('http://static.tumblr.com/wyzt2fm/Hq8mhgfry/hp_asset_diagonalline.png');
}
Notice we removed the position:absolute and overflow:hidden. Next we change the HTML so that the background isn't just an empty div placed on the page, but instead used as a container for all other elements on the page:
<div id="backtexture">
<div id="redtop"></div>
<div id="orangetop"></div>
<div id="yellowtop"></div>
<div id="wrapper">
</div>
And that should do it.
Forked fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/digthedoug/pVxSq/
On this site I have an auto-resizing BG but I wanted a fixed black bar at the bottom of the page.
The site looks fine when the browser is maximized but when you scale the window down and scroll down the black bar almost completely gone and it looks messed up. It is not positioning correctly.
I have tried a few things but can't figure out a solution to this. Does anybody have any ideas how I should go about this? (Maybe I am missing 1 little thing or maybe I need to start over from scratch, either way please help!)
Note: the auto size background is in the html tag and the black bottom bar is in its own separate div tag "#black_bottom"
http://graves-incorporated.com/test_sites/gm_2012/
Just remove height:100% from #black_bottom make the absolute:position div height auto.
You have everything wrapped incorrectly I believe. Why does your <div id="black_bottom> contain everything from your wrapper to your <div id="footer_wrap">?
Ok, so I think I see what you're going for now. If my understanding is correct, you want the gradient background to extend to about 70-73px above the bottom edge of your content box, where it meets the solid gray bar which extends to the bottom of the window, or just below that bottom circular G emblem, whichever is lower. I've accomplished this by removing the #black_bottom element entirely, setting a solid gray background color for the html element to match the color of your bottom bar graphic, and applied the circular gradient background to the body element. I've also removed the explicitly-defined height from #wrapper, and given it a negative margin-bottom to allow the black bar to underlap it. The styles I replaced are listed below. Hopefully this is closer to what you're after:
html {
background: #333;
}
body {
background: url(http://graves-incorporated.com/test_sites/gm_2012/images/bg.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
background-size: cover;
height: 100%;
}
#wrapper {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto -136px;
top: 20px;
position: relative;
}
I'd like to have separate background images on the top and bottom of my site but can't quite seem to nail it. I would like the images to stay at the absolute top and bottom of the page.Below is a shot of the site mockup, and a shot of the backgrounds on their own with dimensions.
The mockup doesn't show it, but there will be text links and copyright info at the bottom. You can find my failed attempt at coding at www[dot]dev[dot]arbitersoflight[dot]net
Mockup
img683[dot]imageshack[dot]us/img683/4502/mocky[dot]jpg
Backgrounds
img233[dot]imageshack[dot]us/img233/1293/94210454[dot]jpg
Note: The backgrounds are 1200x400 each.
EDIT: At this point I can get the two images to show up without fail, the problem is getting the bottom image to stick to the absolute bottom of the browser window. It seems that it is currently at a fixed position. Below is my CSS and HTML..
UPDATE (Solved): I finally solved this by reworking my code based on this guide: http://ryanfait.com/resources/footer-stick-to-bottom-of-page/ Thanks for all of the suggestions everybody.
You could use the second image as the body background, set a color too, and the first image as the container's background. Or vice-versa, but remember to align the background, and if you switch, mind the container's height.
The body and html background (like the suggestions from zzzzBov and nemophrost) don't work in my Firefox...
body {
background: #DDD url('2.png') no-repeat center bottom;
}
.container {
background: url('1.png') no-repeat center top;
}
Another thing you can do is set a background image on the body and on html.
body {
background: url(...);
}
html {
background: url(...);
}
You can see jqueryui.com for an example of this.
What you can do:
The menu is a div with an own background to fit the upper area.
Then apply the background with the bottom part to the body or content/page container that you are using.
It sounds like you want:
html
{
background: url(...) no-repeat top; /* see the background-position property */
}
body
{
background: url(...) no-repeat bottom;
}
you may want to switch one or both to use repeat-x, and make sure you set a suitable background color to match the color on the images.