How do I remove the gray border that surrounds background images?

Question

I've come across an interesting problem in the following line of code:

  <img style="background-image:url(Resources/bar.png); width: 300px; height: 50px;"/> 

In Safari (at least), a gray border surrounds the 300x50px area. Adding style="border: none;" doesn't remove it. Any ideas?

Thanks. Mike

Answer 1

So, you have an img element that doesn't have a src attribute, but it does have a background-image style applied.

I'd say that the gray border is the 'placeholder' for where the image would be, if you'd specified a src attribute.

If you don't want a 'foreground' image, then don't use an img tag - you've already stated that changing to a div solves the problem, why not go with that solution?

Answer 2

You can also add a blank image as a place holder:

img.src='data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhFAAUAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAUABQAAAIRhI+py+0Po5y02ouz3rz7rxUAOw==' 

This should do the trick!