Is it possible to set the equivalent of a src attribute of an img tag in CSS?

Question

Is it possible to set the src attribute value in CSS? At present, what I am doing is:

Answer 1

Loading IMG src from CSS definition, using modern CSS properties

• the empty src definition on an triggers the onerror handler: loadIMG function
• loadIMG function calculates the CSS value
• strips all illegal characters
• sets the IMG.src
• when the CSS changes, the image is NOT updated! You have to call loadIMG again

JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/CustomElementsExamples/vjfpu3a2/