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Responsive CSS Background Images

Using HTML and CSS, web developers can do many things to make the application or web pages more reliable and effective. Embedding responsive elements is one of them. More specifically, the responsive element means when users open a web page on any device, it will not affect its visibility. Adding responsive images in CSS will automatically modify the screen size.

This post explained responsive CSS background images.

How to Add Responsive CSS Background Images?

To add the responsive image as a background, follow the instructions below.

Step 1: Create div Container

Initially, create a div container with the help of the “<div>” tag and assign it an “id” attribute with a value of your choice.

Step 2: Insert Heading

Next, add a heading inside the “<div>” element by utilizing the “<h1>” tag. After that, add some text in between the “<div>” tags:

<div id="img-background" >

<h1>Background Image</h1>

Colorful image of leaves set as the background of this page. Now we can make any document on this page.

</div>

Step 3: Set Background Image

To set the background image of <div> element, first access the element with the help of the “id” attribute. Then, add the “background-image” CSS property to set the image at the element’s backside. The value of this property specifies the URL of the image.

Step 4: Make Background Image Responsive

To make the background image responsive, insert the following CSS properties:

#img-background{

background-image:url('emoji.png');

height: 100%;

width: 100%;

background-size: cover;

background-repeat: no-repeat;

border: auto solid red;

}

The description of the above-stated code is mentioned as follows:

  • The “height” property utilized for setting the height of the element.
  • width” property is used for defining the element size horizontally.
  • background-size” property is used for setting the size of the image. For instance, we have its value as “cover” to fill the image in the element.
  • background-repeat” property sets whether the image will repeat or not.
  • border” feature is utilized for adding the border around the element.

 

It can be observed that we have successfully made the background image responsive:

We have explained the method for adding a responsive background image with CSS.

Conclusion

To add the responsive CSS background image, first, create a container along with the “id” attribute. Then, access the div element using “id” in CSS and embed the background image using the “background-image” CSS property. After that, “background-size”, “background-repeat”, and “border” properties are also used to make the image responsive. This post has demonstrated how to set the responsive background image in CSS.

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