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Thomas O Connor
5,440 Pointsbackground-color not working in Chrome
I changed to background : orange and this fixed the issue, Is this an issue with chrome?
2 Answers
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Pointsbackground-color works in Chrome. In fact I believe that background-color will even override the color value if set in the background declaration.
was this the background of the page, a div, another element? It would help to see code or a link to the page with the issue.
Thomas O Connor
5,440 PointsIt seems to be working okay now, Thanks for the quick reply
James Barnett
39,199 PointsJames Barnett
39,199 Points>In fact I believe that background-color will even override the color value if set in the background declaration.That's not actually correct. The overriding is based on source order and selector specificity.
Andrew McCormick
17,730 PointsAndrew McCormick
17,730 Pointswell it is correct that I believed that.. my belief was just wrong. lol. Should have double checked before I opened my mouth. Thanks James.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsJames Barnett
39,199 PointsAndrew McCormick -
>well it is correct that I believed that.. my belief was just wrong.That made me literally laugh out loud