On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 3:53 PM, David Hucklesby <[email protected]> wrote:

> I believe that's because backgrounds on <body> propagate to the viewport -
> that's the root (<html>) element. Unless, that is, you have a background
> specified for <html>.
>

Backgrounds on root elements are special :)

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/#special-backgrounds

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Jon Reece
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