Can a background image be larger than the div itself?

Question

I have a footer div with 100% width. It\'s about 50px high, depending on its content.

Is it possible to give that #footer a background image that kind of overflows t

Answer 1

Not really - the background image is bounded by the element it's applied to, and the overflow properties only apply to the content (i.e. markup) within an element.

You can add another div into your footer div and apply the background image to that, though, and have that overflow instead.