Html - Seamless alignment of background images?

CarstenFuchs
June 22, 2024
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I would like to highlight some cells in a table by underlying them with hatching patterns.

If two cells with the same pattern are next to each other, the pattern should cover both cells seamlessly.

table.demo {
  border: 1px solid blue;
  border-collapse: separate;
  border-spacing: 0;
  table-layout: fixed;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
}

table.demo td {
  height: 100px;
}

table.demo td.stripes {
  /* Using  background-attachment: fixed;  is _not_ the desired solution, because the background no longer scrolls alogn with the table. */
  /* background-attachment: fixed; */

  background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAYAAAAFCAYAAABmWJ3mAAAAIElEQVQImWNggIKOjo7/HR0d/xmQAbIAnI2hCocYYQAATEQPi+UvdB4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=);
}

table.demo td.B { background-color: #ffe; }
table.demo td.C { background-color: #efe; }
table.demo td.E { background-color: #eef; }
table.demo td.F { background-color: #fee; }

<table class="demo">
  <tr>
    <td class="stripes A">A</td>
    <td class="stripes B">B</td>
    <td class="stripes C">C</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="stripes D">D</td>
    <td class="stripes E">E</td>
    <td class="stripes F">F</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="stripes G">G</td>
    <td>H</td>
    <td class="stripes I">I</td>
  </tr>
</table>

The details depend on the size of the preview area, so you may have to make the browser window larger or smaller to see the problem. Here is an enlarged screenshot of a place where four cells meet, demonstrating the problem:

The desired result and goal of this question is:

Already tried:

Using background-attachment: fixed; seems to solve the problem, but then the background image is fixed to the origin of the viewport, that is, it stops scrolling along with the table.
Applying the background image to the <table> element doesn’t help, because it covers all cells, not only individually chosen ones.

Thus, the question is how the same seamless alignment can be achieved but keep the origin fixed to the <body>, the <table> element or anything else so that the hatches scroll along with the rest of the page contents.

Answers

Here is a suitable solution.

Add background-position: center bottom;

Adding padding also to:table.demo td:height:100px; padding:10px;

table.demo {
  border: 1px solid blue;
  border-collapse: separate;
  border-spacing: 0;
  table-layout: fixed;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
}

table.demo td {
  height: 100px;
  padding:10px;
}

table.demo td.stripes {
  /* Using  background-attachment: fixed;  is _not_ the desired solution, because the background no longer scrolls alogn with the table. */
  /* background-attachment: fixed; */

  background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAYAAAAFCAYAAABmWJ3mAAAAIElEQVQImWNggIKOjo7/HR0d/xmQAbIAnI2hCocYYQAATEQPi+UvdB4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=);
  background-position: center bottom;
}

table.demo td.B { background-color: #ffe; }
table.demo td.C { background-color: #efe; }
table.demo td.E { background-color: #eef; }
table.demo td.F { background-color: #fee; }

<table class="demo">
      <tr>
        <td class="stripes A">A</td>
        <td class="stripes B">B</td>
        <td class="stripes C">C</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="stripes D">D</td>
        <td class="stripes E">E</td>
        <td class="stripes F">F</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="stripes G">G</td>
        <td>H</td>
        <td class="stripes I">I</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

Thank you.

You can simulate a fixed background attachment to only the table element by using pseudo-element that you position relatively to the whole table then using clip-path on the table cell to hide the overflowing part

table.demo {
  border: 1px solid blue;
  border-collapse: separate;
  border-spacing: 0;
  table-layout: fixed;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
  position: relative; /* relative here */
}

table.demo td {
  height: 100px;
  clip-path: inset(0); /* this is important */
}

/* the background */
table.demo td.stripes:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  inset:0; 
  background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAYAAAAFCAYAAABmWJ3mAAAAIElEQVQImWNggIKOjo7/HR0d/xmQAbIAnI2hCocYYQAATEQPi+UvdB4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=);
}
/**/

table.demo td.B { background-color: #ffe; }
table.demo td.C { background-color: #efe; }
table.demo td.E { background-color: #eef; }
table.demo td.F { background-color: #fee; }

<table class="demo">
  <tr>
    <td class="stripes A">A</td>
    <td class="stripes B">B</td>
    <td class="stripes C">C</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="stripes D">D</td>
    <td class="stripes E">E</td>
    <td class="stripes F">F</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="stripes G">G</td>
    <td>H</td>
    <td class="stripes I">I</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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