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    • S Offline
      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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              sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
              last edited by

              @ankonaskiff17 localhost, cause I am on the same machine as MM is running

              and port 8090 cause I have another app using 8080 …

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
                last edited by ankonaskiff17

                @sdetweil I am getting a Not allowed to load local resource
                I thought the image might have not been quite right so copied it fresh and did renaming in terminal but really sure what is going on.

                I’m a dummy. I do think the image file was messed up as I was getting file not found errors before I reloaded & renamed file in terminal vs in the Pi version of file manager. Windows habits die hard.
                After I did that I started getting the local resource message. I had been doing this through VNC on my laptop but pulled big screen tv over where I could read it, deleted the localhost address from file that I did in VNC and redid the exact same address via Pi directly and its all good now.
                Shame on me but is there some rule of thumb about what you can and can’t do remotely. I have built 5 of these things with no issues using VNC until this background sreen issue. Even on this one, I’ve loaded multiple modules, jumbo sized fonts etc.

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                  sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                  last edited by

                  @ankonaskiff17

                  where are u doing this? on pi, or remote(pc desktop)

                  what is the address: in config.js?

                  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 See my wordy edit above

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                      sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                      last edited by

                      @ankonaskiff17 address: and ipWhitelist are not in any of your posts above

                      i set address: my machine address 192.168.2.106
                      and it failed with a macthing URL

                      I still had ipWhitelist set as default, which prevented connect from other than localhost

                      changed to ipWhitelist:[]
                      and ip address url works and from a different machine…

                      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 So I need to put laptop IP in whitelist what I think I understand you to be saying

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