Jquery background image css change not working

Question

I am trying to change the background image of an element through jquery like this;

$j(this).css('background-image','url(images/client_box_grad.gif)');

However when it renders it seems to drop speech marks around the the url, eg

$j(this).css('background-image','url("images/client_box_grad.gif")');

And this means the image isn't visible - if I remove the speech marks in Firebug then the image shows up.

Any ideas ?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '11 at 12:32

9

The double quotes are not necessary:

$(this).css('background-image', 'url(/images/client_box_grad.gif)');

You should make sure that you have specified a valid image url. Here's a demo.

answered Feb 02 '11 at 12:32

Darin Dimitrov

1

Cheers Darin - it works when I stick the absolute path on, I'd like to use relative pathing if possible, as it's sat in a wordpress install where everything has been made relative so nothing broke when I stuck it live from my dev area. I can live with that if I can't use any form of relative pathing though. Also it seems to add in the double quotes as part of the replacement - they are not there in any of the code. – frazzle Feb 02 '11 at 12:41

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '14 at 17:10

5

This is what I had to do to get it to work:

$(function(){
$('body').css({backgroundImage : 'url(/media/bill.jpg)'});
});

answered Jul 15 '14 at 17:10

AndrewSmiley

1

I have tried all other ways that are mentioned in other answers. No one worked form me. But your solution is worked like a charm for me. – Akshay Pethani Feb 05 '18 at 10:13

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 02 '11 at 12:29

2

Try these:

$(this).css('background-image','url(images/client_box_grad.gif)');

// OR
$(this).css('background', 'url("images/client_box_grad.gif")');

answered Feb 02 '11 at 12:29

Harold Sota

3 Answers3