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Posted by Raymond Medrano
Raymond Medrano
7,690 Points

Possible to add a background image to a Jumbotron?

Just wondering if is possible to assign a background image to .a Jumbotron? i've been trying to use the background-image property in CSS but its not working.

2 Answers

Nate Jonah
Nate Jonah
20,981 Points
Nate Jonah
Nate Jonah
20,981 Points

Can you provide your code?

Ivan Penchev
Ivan Penchev
13,833 Points
Ivan Penchev
Ivan Penchev
13,833 Points

One way to achieve this is using a position:fixed container for the background image and place it outside of the .jumbotron. Make the bg container the same height as the .jumbotron and center the background image:

background: url('/assets/example/...jpg') no-repeat center center;

.bg {
  background: url('/assets/example/bg_blueplane.jpg') no-repeat center center;
  position: fixed;
  width: 100%;
  height: 350px; /*same height as jumbotron */
  top:0;
  left:0;
  z-index: -1;
}

.jumbotron {
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  height: 350px;
  color: white;
  text-shadow: black 0.3em 0.3em 0.3em;
  background:transparent;
}

var jumboHeight = $('.jumbotron').outerHeight();
function parallax(){
    var scrolled = $(window).scrollTop();
    $('.bg').css('height', (jumboHeight-scrolled) + 'px');
}

$(window).scroll(function(e){
    parallax();
});

Demo: https://www.bootply.com/103783

https://www.bootply.com/103820