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

I do not believe that you can make a background image overflow its div. Images placed in Image tags can overflow their parent div, but background images are limited by the div for which they are the background.

Answer 2

There is a very easy trick. Set padding of that div to a positive number and margin to negativ

#wrapper {
     background: url(xxx.jpeg);
     padding-left: 10px;
     margin-left: -10px;
}

Answer 3

Using background-size cover worked for me.

#footer {
    background-color: #eee;
    background-image: url(images/bodybgbottomleft.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: cover;
    clear: both;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 30px 0 0;
}

Obviously be aware of support issues, check Can I Use: http://caniuse.com/#search=background-size

Answer 4

Use trasform: scale(1.1) property to make bg image bigger, move it up with position: relative; top: -10px;

<div class="home-hero">
    <div class="home-hero__img"></div>
</div>

.home-hero__img{
 position:relative;
    top:-10px;
    transform: scale(1.1);
    background: {
        size: contain;
        image: url('image.svg');
    }
}

Answer 5

You can use a css3 psuedo element (:before and/or :after) as shown in this article

https://www.exratione.com/2011/09/how-to-overflow-a-background-image-using-css3/

Good Luck...

Answer 6

You mention already having a background image on body.

You could set that background image on html, and the new one on body. This will of course depend upon your layout, but you wouldn't need to use your footer for it.