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      sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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      @ankonaskiff17 body supercedes
      html.

      u should look in the developers window, elements tab to see the actual css tree

      ctrl-shift-i, select elements tab.

      Sam

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        ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil I’ve been doing that.

        Screenshot 2021-08-10 201817.jpg

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          sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
          last edited by sdetweil

          @ankonaskiff17 so u can turn off things with a click in front. so disable the background color

          Sam

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            ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil I’ve wrestled with this all morning and exhausted every combination I could imagine, I decided to try sticking a color in as shown below. Not sure if anything can be inferred if it will accept a background color but not a background image. I am ignorant of the vagaries of js but is it possible that background: var(--color-background); in is locking me i n to only color options since the default is set in

            :root {
            --background-color #000
            }
            
            body {
            background: red;
            }
            
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              sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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              @ankonaskiff17 possibly… disable it in the dev window… uncheck it… right side, near the bottom (that is closest to main.css while top is closest to latest css.

              Sam

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                sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                last edited by sdetweil

                @ankonaskiff17 so I added a body with a background image, using the MM web server in my custom.css

                body { 
                  background-image: url("http://localhost:8090/modules/images/testimage.jpg")
                }
                
                

                and then started MM
                and got
                Screenshot at 2021-08-11 12-09-23.jpg

                u can see the two body clauses on the right, top is custom.css (if u hover over the name it tells u where it came from)

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  then I added a root entry to custom.css

                  root: {
                    background-color: black;
                  }
                  
                  html {
                  /*  cursor: none; */
                  }
                  
                  body { 
                    background-image: url("http://localhost:8090/modules/images/testimage.jpg")
                  }
                  

                  and got
                  Screenshot at 2021-08-11 12-18-23.jpg

                  notice border around pic

                  then turned it off in the dev window

                  Screenshot at 2021-08-11 12-18-39.jpg

                  border gone

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    same results with

                    root: {
                      --background-color: black;
                    }
                    
                    html {
                    /*  cursor: none; */
                    }
                    
                    body { 
                      background-image: url("http://localhost:8090/modules/images/testimage.jpg")
                    }
                    

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      using file:// does NOT work

                      body { 
                        background-image: url("file:///home/sam/MagicMirror/modules/images/testimage.jpg")
                      }
                      

                      even tho it works in chrome

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
                        last edited by

                        @sdetweil localhost is what shows in developer window? You show 8090 vs my 8080

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