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X10nD
X10nD

Reputation: 22030

Centering a background image, using CSS

I want to center a background image. There is no div used, this is the CSS style:

body{
    background-position:center;
    background-image:url(../images/images2.jpg) no-repeat;
}

The above CSS tiles all over and does center it, but half the image is not seen, it just kind of moves up. What I want to do is center the image. Could I adopt the image to view even on a 21" screen?

Upvotes: 216

Views: 459172

Answers (13)

greenbeen
greenbeen

Reputation: 31

background-position: center center;

doesn't work for me without...

background-attachment: fixed;

using both centered my image on x and y axis

background-position: center center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-attachment: fixed;

Upvotes: 3

Crab
Crab

Reputation: 241

I think this is what is wanted:

body
{
    background-image:url('smiley.gif');
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-attachment:fixed;
    background-position:center;
}

Upvotes: 24

Ronnie Smith
Ronnie Smith

Reputation: 18555

Like this:

background-image:url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg/481px-Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;


html{
height:100%
}

body{
background-image:url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg/481px-Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}

Upvotes: 8

Praveen
Praveen

Reputation: 408

simply replace

background-image:url(../images/images2.jpg) no-repeat;

with

background:url(../images/images2.jpg)  center;

Upvotes: 4

Robert Paul
Robert Paul

Reputation: 1

Had the same problem. Used display and margin properties and it worked.

.background-image {
  background: url('yourimage.jpg') no-repeat;
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  height: whateveryouwantpx;
  width: whateveryouwantpx;
}

Upvotes: 0

plop
plop

Reputation: 1

The only thing that worked for me is..

margin: 0 auto

Upvotes: -2

Toye_Brainz
Toye_Brainz

Reputation: 100

if your not satisfied with the answers above then use this

    * {margin: 0;padding: 0;}

    html
    {
        height: 100%;
    }

    body
    {
        background-image: url("background.png");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-position: center center;
        background-size: 80%;
    }

Upvotes: 0

Stephan
Stephan

Reputation: 31

background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center center;

Does not vertically center the background image when using a html 4.01 'STRICT' doctype.

Adding:

background-attachment: fixed;

Should fix the problem

(So Alexander is right)

Upvotes: 3

Magnus
Magnus

Reputation: 389

Try this background-position: center top;

This will do the trick for you.

Upvotes: 3

victor Martinez
victor Martinez

Reputation: 269

I use this code, it works nice

html, body {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  background: black url(back2.png) center center no-repeat;;
-webkit-background-size: cover;
-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
background-size: cover;
}

Upvotes: 26

Kyle
Kyle

Reputation: 67194

background-image: url(path-to-file/img.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center center;

That should work.

If not, why not make a div with the image and use z-index to make it the background? This would be much easier to center than a background image on the body.

Other than that try:

background-position: 0 100px;/*use a pixel value that will center it*/ Or I think you can use 50% if you have set your body min-height to 100%.

body{

    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
    background-image:url(../images/images2.jpg);
    color:#FFF;
    font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    min-height:100%;
}

Upvotes: 401

Rob van Groenewoud
Rob van Groenewoud

Reputation: 1874

There's an error in your code. You're using a mix of full syntax and shorthand notation on the background-image property.This is causing the no-repeat to be ignored, since it's not a valid value for the background-image property.

body{   
    background-position:center;
    background-image:url(../images/images2.jpg) no-repeat;
}

Should become one of the following:

body{
    background:url(../images/images2.jpg) center center no-repeat;
}

or

body
{
    background-image: url(path-to-file/img.jpg);
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
}

EDIT: For your image 'scaling' issue, you might want to look at this question's answer.

Upvotes: 5

Pekka
Pekka

Reputation: 449385

Try

background-position: center center;

Upvotes: 9

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