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I am trying to figure out how to stretch a background image vertically. I am using CSS3 with 3 images in the following way:

background-image: url("left.png"), url("right.png"), url("center.png") background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, repeat-x background-position: top left, top right, top

Now I want to stretch these images vertically to that they extend all the way to the bottom. Is there a way to do this?

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Oct 2, 2012 at 16:56 user1539137 asked Oct 2, 2012 at 16:40 user1539137user1539137 36911 gold badge44 silver badges55 bronze badges 3

• I don't think so. You can resize (stretch/squish) <img> tags, though: the solution may involve putting an <img> in the background, positioned absolutely and such. – KRyan Commented Oct 2, 2012 at 16:42
• 1 This might be a good place to look: stackoverflow.com/questions/1150163/… – MikeB Commented Oct 2, 2012 at 16:42
• 1 Also, pretty sure you're not supposed to put quotes around your urls like that. – KRyan Commented Oct 2, 2012 at 16:43

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I'm late to the party here, but this is what worked for me:

background-size: auto 100%;

This will fit the image vertically and let the width do whatever it needs to do (i think it repeats by default). You can also set:

background-repeat: no-repeat;

for it to not repeat the image in the horizontal direction.

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Nov 18, 2013 at 19:48 mr_mariuszmr_mariusz 66488 silver badges1212 bronze badges 2

• 1 I also needed to set background-position: center; – KIC Commented May 4, 2015 at 15:59
• 2 background-size: cover; is worth exploring – nu everest Commented Oct 19, 2017 at 23:37

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Try:

background-size: 100% 100%;

first 100% is for the width and the second for the height. In your case you need the second set to 100%

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Oct 7, 2013 at 19:16 LihO 42k1111 gold badges101101 silver badges168168 bronze badges answered Oct 2, 2012 at 16:45 Erind DollakuErind Dollaku 36922 silver badges99 bronze badges 2

• 1 How do I just set the height to 100%? If I do background-size: 100%, it sets both width and height to a 100%. – user1539137 Commented Oct 8, 2012 at 12:37
• 2 This was pretty handy. In my case, I set "background-size: 960px 100%;" to get the desired effect. – Jason Champion Commented Jul 15, 2013 at 20:04

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Thank you for bringing up this question. Below is what worked for me

background-size: cover; background-color: #a8dadc; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 100vw 100vh; Share Improve this answer Follow edited Nov 8, 2021 at 4:40 Dharman♦ 33.1k2727 gold badges9999 silver badges146146 bronze badges answered Nov 8, 2021 at 4:34 Nadine AmandaNadine Amanda 111 bronze badge Add a comment |

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