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hi i am trying to create a div with a full background image its working fine in most of the browsers using:

background-size: 100% 100%;

but not IE6,IE7,IE8.
i am wondering how to do it,and if possible using css only?

Posted 8-Jul-11 4:12am

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2011-07-08T04:15:00

Solution 1

The css information for this is available here[^]. Note that IE tends to require custom css at times.

Posted 8-Jul-11 4:15am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Jul-11 12:40pm

My 5. No, it is not rendered property according the compatibility sheet you reference.
I have an argument in favor of alternative: background-size cause re-sampling anyway, which is already not good.
Please see my solution.
--SA

thatraja 8-Jul-11 23:47pm

5!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-07-08T06:38:00

According the compatibility data referenced by Marcus, background-size is not processed properly in the browsers you list.

I don't think you can do anything about it. Not supported means not supported. I would recommend to slightly change design to avoid this style. Why?

The style background-size: 100% 100%; cannot be perfect anyway. Here is why: the causes stretch of the background image, which cause re-sampling. There are problems with any re-sampling in principle: the quality of image depends on the rendered size of the block element (or window) and can cause most ugly pixellation as the stretch grows. Even rendering performance could suffer. Again, you cannot fix compatibility unless you force custom CSS for different browser, which is also a problem.

Therefore I would recommend using background-repeat styles to tile your image. See, for example: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/colors.html[^].

Good luck,

—SA

Espen Harlinn · Answer 3 · 2011-07-08T11:38:00

Solution 3

This may solve your problem: How Do you Stretch a Background Image in a Web Page[^] - even handles IE 6

Best regards
Espen Harlinn

Posted 8-Jul-11 11:38am

Espen Harlinn

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thatraja 8-Jul-11 23:48pm

5!

Espen Harlinn 9-Jul-11 6:18am

Thank you, thatraja!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jul-11 1:00am

Very interesting article, my 5.
--SA

Espen Harlinn 10-Jul-11 6:43am

Thank you, Sergey - the IE conditionals will be removed in the next version of IE, from then on they will only work in compatibility mode