Can css stretch a background image?

[jamesmusic]

Is it possible to strech a background image so it fills the page, rather than a repeat tile...? Or is there a cunning way around this problem in css?
James

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

There is no CSS property to stretch a background image. I wonder which graphic you could stretch to fit, which would still look okay? Usually the "key to success" is simple repeating. If you have a real image, and not a pattern, stretching it would really look nasty.

You can use the z-index property and place a <img> element with 100% width containing an image, and use absolute positioning to place it below other elements. But that's really hackish.

Apart from that, you might want to ask thsi question in a HTML/CSS specific forum, since it is little related with Serendipity.

Regards,
Garvin