How do I declare it on the html\body and have it repeat ? I am using DW
as I forgot ?
Gunlaug Sørtun wrote:
> Christopher wrote:
>> Anyone know how I can get my background to fit the full screen, I
>> posted a link a few day ago.
>
> If you want a background to fill the browser-window - declare it on
> html/body and let it repeat.
>
> If you want a block-element (a div for instance) to span the same full
> browser-window - leave element-'width' at default (auto) and declare
> the background on it and let it repeat in both directions.
>
> Element-'height' is normally left to depend on amount of content -
> letting it grow with content, but if you ain't got any content you can
> make all decent browsers (and a few not so decent ones) go to full
> browser-window-'height' with the following...
>
> html, body {height: 100%;}
> element {min-height: 100%;}
> * html element {height: 100%;}
>
> Example: <http://www.gunlaug.no/tos/moa_14a.html>
> ...but note that this example has restricted element-'width'.
>
> All the above is elementary CSS layout methods. What isn't so
> elementary is that older browser-versions are not always up to the
> relevant CSS, and that browsers are not in perfect agreement about how
> to interpret every possible combination of CSS properties/values.
>
> One must also take into account that screen-dimensions and
> browser-window-dimensions at the user-end are unknown to the designer.
> I personally range them from 200 x 200 to 4000 x 4000, just to be
> somewhat on the safe side. 600 x 400 to 2400 x 1800 is more realistic.
>
> So, the exact method that'll work best for you, can only be sorted out
> once the whole set of design-ideas you have are known and tested
> across browser-land and window-sizes.
>
> I suggest you create a few (dozen) test-cases until you've got a hang
> of basic CSS design.
>
> regards
> Georg
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