Re: Resized background image

Ian Hickson <py8ieh@bath.ac.uk> wrote:

>On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Oren Ben-Kiki wrote:
>
>> We've already got background-position, so having a background-size
>> attribute doesn't seem out of place. How about adding it to CSS3?
>
>This has already been suggested. See:
>
>   http://www.bath.ac.uk/%7Epy8ieh/internet/wwwstyle.html#stretchbg


Thanks for the URL - I should have noticed
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-CSS-potential, sorry about that.

>> Another question: suppose that a background-position is specified
>> together with a repeat in the same axis ... the CSS2 specifications
>>aren't clear on this.
>
>Actually, they are quite clear. From CSS2 section 14.2.1:


You are right, of course - I missed "center" being applied to the Y
direction.

Thanks,

    Oren Ben-Kiki