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Sahar Nasiri
Sahar Nasiri
7,454 Points
Posted by Sahar Nasiri
Sahar Nasiri
7,454 Points

background-repeat

What does Nick mean by saying that backgrounds repeat by default in CSS?

2 Answers

Jonathan Walz
Jonathan Walz
21,429 Points
Jonathan Walz
Jonathan Walz
21,429 Points

When the dimensions the image set to the background is smaller than the area it is being asked to cover, it will by default, repeat to fill the space.

Check out MDNs documentation about display: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display

Sahar Nasiri
Sahar Nasiri
7,454 Points
Sahar Nasiri
Sahar Nasiri
7,454 Points

Tnx :). It really helps.

Sahar Nasiri
Sahar Nasiri
7,454 Points
Sahar Nasiri
Sahar Nasiri
7,454 Points

Tnx :). It really helps.

Jonathan Walz
Jonathan Walz
21,429 Points
Jonathan Walz
Jonathan Walz
21,429 Points

My pleasure. Please mark as best answer. It helps me try to get a job!

Fábio Tavares da Costa
Fábio Tavares da Costa
11,985 Points
Fábio Tavares da Costa
Fábio Tavares da Costa
11,985 Points

He means that the image will repeat itself like like tiles in a wall.

.default-equal-to {
// browsers will apply it, no need to declare yourself 
   background-repeat: repeat;
}

.prevent-default-equal-to {
// now your img will show only once
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
// now your img will repeat only horizontally
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
// now your img will repeat only vertically
  background-repeat: repeat-y;
}