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    • ankonaskiff17A Offline
      ankonaskiff17
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      I am trying to add a background image via @Piranha1605 BG Animation with CSS and while I have the colors changing, I can not get the background image to show.
      background: url("/home/pi/MagicMirror/Backgrounds/IMG_0169.JPG");. I’ve tried various versions of the file location all with no success. I brought image over from my Windows laptop and the file name is same but is there an issue with it being in Caps? I also created folder Backgrounds to hold pictures but I’m stumped.

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        sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
        last edited by sdetweil

        @ankonaskiff17 case doesn’t matter as long as it matches what the REAL name has.
        note for a url u need

        http:// - from a web server
        // using MM web server, whose base is MagicMirror
        http://localhost:8080/Backgrounds/IMG_0169.JPG

        or file:// – direct from the file system
        background: url(“file:///home/pi/MagicMirror/Backgrounds/IMG_0169.JPG”)
        (note three /// two on the file://, and one on the root path)

        you should be able to put each in a browser and get it to show (outside of MM), that proves the url is right

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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        • ankonaskiff17A Offline
          ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
          last edited by

          @sdetweil I’m more stumped now. The file name & location are good. If I hover over the url in your second example in VS Code it gives option to follow link and launches browser and loads picture just fine but no joy in MM.

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            sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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            @ankonaskiff17 ignore what other apps do… MM is primative

            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 I’m just saying that the file address is good as entered.
              In main.css you have

              html {
                cursor: none;
                overflow: hidden;
                background: var(--color-background);
                user-select: none;
                font-size: var(--font-size);
              }
              

              set for background. Is that causing issues? custom.css should override that, shouldn’t it?

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                sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
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                @ankonaskiff17 where is your background set… body, there is an z-order too…

                i use fullscreen_background position for my background images

                if u look at the developer window elements tab to find your background, where is in the the css stack?

                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 Right at the top just below html. The way I understand is that it will load html first, then body. My html is an abbreviated version of main.css html

                  custom.css

                  Screenshot 2021-08-10 custom.jpg

                  main.css

                  Screenshot 2021-08-10 main.jpg

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                    sdetweil @ankonaskiff17
                    last edited by

                    @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

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      ankonaskiff17 @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @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

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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