background-size:100% 100%; doesn't work properly in Chrome

Question

I'm using an svg image as a background. I'm trying to use CSS3's background-size: 100% 100%; but it doesn't seem to work, even in browsers which should support it (like Chrome).

If you look at this site you'll see the #special-post article (to the right/below the food image) with a red banner-looking background. Notice that as you shrink the window down, the height of the background image drops to retain it's proportions, rather then stretching, as I would like.

EDIT: I checked this on FireFox and it works correctly... so this appears to be a webkit issue.

EDIT: I checked this on Safari and it works! So it looks like my problem is specific to Chrome.

(PS: I'm familiar with this alternative solution, using an img tag, but I'd rather not use it.)

Answer 1

Here's a workaround:

Open your .svg file, find the <svg> tag at the beginning and add the following property inside it:

preserveAspectRatio="none"

Source: http://www.yootheme.com/support/question/6801?order=modified

Answer 2

background-size: cover

Works across the board. Tested w/ Safari, Chrome, & FF.

Answer 3

It turns out this is a known bug in Chrome that is specific to svg background images. I'm running v 17.0.963.56, in case anyone cares, and you can track the bug here.

Answer 4

This is still an issue in Chrome 39, but not in Firefox. I ran into it when scaling a background SVG like so:

background-image: url(bg.svg);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-size: 1200px auto;

Even with exact on-the-pixel horizontal dimensions in the SVG I got a small gap. It worked when I didn't scale it:

background-size: auto auto;

Not much of a solution not to be able to scale your background, but still.