CSS3 background image transition

Question

I\'m trying to make a \"fade-in fade-out\" effect using the CSS transition. But I can\'t get this to work with the background image...

The CSS:

Answer 1

You can use pseudo element to get the effect you want like I did in that Fiddle.

CSS:

.title a {
    display: block;
    width: 340px;
    height: 338px;
    color: black;
    position: relative;
}
.title a:after {
    background: url(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p1nr1fkWKUo/T0zUp5CLO3I/AAAAAAAAAWg/jDiQ0cUBuKA/s800/red-pattern.png) repeat;
    content: "";
    opacity: 0;
    width: inherit;
    height: inherit;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    /* TRANSISITION */
    transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: opacity 1s ease-in-out;
}
.title a:hover:after{   
    opacity: 1;
}

HTML:

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