HTML-Can I set the Background as a Link ?

ALInux · 07-28-2006, 03:31 PM

Ok Guys..
Ive got this premade template..where the background of the header is set in the css file as in

header {
background url : (the image path)

}

now i want to make that image clickable i.e. assgin an link to it...Is it doable ?

Thx for suggestions

taylor_venable · 07-28-2006, 03:47 PM

A background image cannot take a click. You could use the JavaScript "onclick" attribute for whatever has the background-image style set, though. (No guarantees as to whether it will actually work or not, but it's the only thing you can do.)

Proud · 07-28-2006, 04:24 PM

Surely if you've got an image for a header you aren't going to have anything in front of it, so why not make the image a part of the header HTML rather than technically some style attribute, and then you could make it clickable like usual?

ALInux · 07-28-2006, 05:20 PM

Proud...I was actually trying not to mess with the html code... for no particular reason..but I checked google and found that the best way was just to remove the background image and use a typical IMG tag ..as you suggested...