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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Backgrounds: Size and Position

Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
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background-size

Whats the difference between - background-size: 100% 100%; and background-size: cover; Please explain . I read articles and also took help of w3c , but didn't found any result.

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Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
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Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
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old theme : https://teamtreehouse.com/community/explain-the-difference-between-the-100-value-in-backgroundsize-property-and-cover-value

and my answere stay same :

background-size:100%;

is same as

 background-size:100% auto;

= the width is set to be 100% large and the height of the background image follows respecting the image aspect ratio.

 background-size:cover;

means the background image will always fit the whole div , you won't be left with any empty spots in your div

background-size:100%  100%;

won't leave any empty space too, but of course this will destroy the original image aspect ratio