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Stacy Fabian
2,246 PointsWhen to use "background:" and when to use "background-color:"?
In showing how to change the CSS styling of background colors, sometimes the videos instructs to use "background" and sometimes it instructs to use "background-color", maybe I missed it, but I can't tell how to quickly know when to use which one? If anyone can "dumb it down" or "simplify" it for me, that would be awesome. :)
3 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsBackground is a 'shorthand'. Background-color is very specific. It is expecting a color. Background could be a color, or an image, etc. I usually just use the background shorthand because it's faster to write.
Michael Hulet
47,913 PointsI'm pretty sure they're interchangeable, but I personally just use background in every situation. It makes changing the background with JavaScript easier, and it's also technically shorter than background-color, which theoretically saves file size and thereby network load and transmission time, but the difference there is so small that it's virtually nonexistent. As far as I understand, though, it's really your choice
Stacy Fabian
2,246 PointsOk, that's what it seemed like to me but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Thanks!