Two ideas: 1) a link please so we can see your page, check to see if there are other issues not apparent in the snippet you provided, etc. Possibly a path problem to the image? Any number of things could be the case when we essentially can't see what you see.
2) <span> tags are inline elements. You might try "display:block;" on your span. Not sure. On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Kelly Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > trying to figure out how to use a small image (such as a fat arrow) as > a background. want to be able to re use the arrow and place different > numbers over it. I've tried the following, but the arrow does not > display: > > h3 span.arrow{ > height: 5px; > width: 24px; > margin: 10px; > background-image: url(images/arrow.png); > background-repeat: no-repeat; > } > > <h3><span class="arrow">2.</span> something here</h3> > > any ideas? > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/