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Fixed background

  • 16-08-2000 1:37pm
    #1
    Molly
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    Is there anyway i can get a background to stay fixed so that when u scroll through the page the backgorund image doesn't move?If so how?


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  • #2
    Bard
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    Only IE4 and above have this feature, so be wary of using it if you want your site to be cross browser compatible.

    The thing to do is to add the parameter " bgproperties='fixed' " to your <body> tag.

    Sin Sin

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  • #3
    Molly
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    Thanks bard


  • #4
    Bard
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    no plobrem biggrin.gif
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  • #5
    PhilipMarlowe
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    like so is it...?
    &lt;body background="whatever.jpg" bgproperties="fixed"&gt;


  • #6
    Bard
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    Originally posted by Licksy20:
    like so is it...?

     
    &lt;body background="whatever.jpg" bgproperties="fixed"&gt;

    aye, that'd be it

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  • #7
    Cake Fiend
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    Say you're using IE3 with that code - will the bg now scroll, or will it just be a blank bg or will it go all weird or what?


  • #8
    Bard
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    I don't know exactly- haven't used IE3 in years and am not going to go installing it now over IE5.1..! I'd imagine it'd just ignore the code and scroll the background as normal... unless I'm wrong about the code being for IE4 and upwards, - perhaps its IE3 and upwards... I don't think so though...
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  • #9
    Shiminay
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    I think you're right Niall - generally, if a browser doesn't recognise a tag property, it'll ignore it.


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  • #10
    Bard
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    Yip. t'is true with parameters anyway- such as bgproperties. This is therefore quite safe to use, but you have to keep in mind how the page will look if the BG *does* scroll.

    By the same token, if you want to use zero margins so that the page contents appear completely top and left justified, you have to use topmargin=0 and leftmargin=0 AS WELL AS marginheight=0 and marginwidth=0 to satisfy both Netscape and IE. Netscape will ignore the IE specific parameters and use its own and vice-versa.

    With tags though- such as <script>, <marquee> etc. it's usually best to ensure in some other way that the older browsers wont try to display it, such as commenting out the internals of the script tag or using browser detection in ASP to not display the MARQUEE tag if its not IE.

    my 2 cents... again biggrin.gif
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