Use css gradient over background image

72
votes

I've been trying to use a linear gradient on top of my background image in order to get a fading effect on the bottom of my background from black to transparent but can't seem to be able to make it show.

I've read other cases here and examples but none of them are working for me. I can only see the gradient or the image but not both of them. Here's the link

Just click on the first logo, ignore that effect, what I'm trying is in the body in the whole site after that.

This is my css code:

body {
  background: url('http://www.skrenta.com/images/stackoverflow.jpg') no-repeat, -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)));
}
4
htmlcssgradient
I didn't really get what you're looking for – A. Cristian Nogueira
That gradient is only Webkit - won't work on FF or IE. Additionally, I don't believe you can apply a BG image and gradient to the background. You'd need to apply the image to the bg, then have another layer (div for example) on top with the gradient – random_user_name
possible duplicate of Is it possible to combine a background image and CSS3 gradients? – Blazemonger
possibly this is what you might want to achieve – Anuj Kaithwas

4 Answers

147
votes

Ok, I solved it by adding the url for the background image at the end of the line.

Here's my working code:

.css {
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 59%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65) 100%), url('https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a') no-repeat;
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), color-stop(59%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), color-stop(100%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65))), url('https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a') no-repeat;
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 59%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65) 100%), url('https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a') no-repeat;
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 59%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65) 100%), url('https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a') no-repeat;
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 59%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65) 100%), url('https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a') no-repeat;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 59%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65) 100%), url('https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a') no-repeat;
  height: 200px;

}
<div class="css"></div>
13
votes
body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    background: url('img/background.jpg') repeat;
}

body:before {
    content: " ";
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background: -webkit-radial-gradient(top center, ellipse cover, rgba(255,255,255,0.2) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 100%);
}

PLEASE NOTE: This only using webkit so it will only work in webkit browsers.

try :

-moz-linear-gradient = (Firefox)
-ms-linear-gradient = (IE)
-o-linear-gradient = (Opera)
-webkit-linear-gradient = (Chrome & safari)
5
votes

#multiple-background{
	box-sizing: border-box;
	width: 123px;
	height: 30px;
	font-size: 12pt;
	border-radius: 7px;		
	background: url("https://cdn0.iconfinder.com/data/icons/woocons1/Checkbox%20Full.png"), linear-gradient(to bottom, #4ac425, #4ac425);
	background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
	background-position: 5px center, 0px 0px;
    background-size: 18px 18px, 100% 100%;
	color: white;	
	border: 1px solid #e4f6df;
	box-shadow: .25px .25px .5px .5px black;
	padding: 3px 10px 0px 5px;
	text-align: right;
	}
<div id="multiple-background"> Completed </div>
3
votes

The accepted answer works well. Just for completeness (and since I like it's shortness), I wanted to share how to to it with compass (SCSS/SASS):

body{
  $colorStart: rgba(0,0,0,0);
  $colorEnd: rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
  @include background-image(linear-gradient(to bottom, $colorStart, $colorEnd), url("bg.jpg"));
}