CSS/WebKit: Background Images For Table Row

For some reason, when you apply a background image to a tr in Safari and Chrome, it renders it as if the rule applies to every td. Firefox: (Source: whyprime.com) Safari: (Source

Solution 1:

You can use "background-attachment : fixed" to solve this problem.

<table>
  <tr class="bg">
    <td></td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
</table>

And in CSS

tr.bg {
    background-image : url(../PathToLeftBackground.png) repeat-y 50px 0px;
    background-attachment: fixed;
}

And it works!

Solution 2:

By default, the TR and TD have display properties table-cell and table-row. We need them to forget about it and feel like simple block elements:

tr {display: block;}
td {display: inline-block; background: transparent;}

This code solved the problem of rendering for me.

Solution 3:

Will your table always only have two rows? Such as:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
</table>

If so, a simple, but not overly elegant, solution would be to split your background image into two images, and apply a CSS class to the left and right column, applying half of the arrow to the right side of the left column, and to the left side of the right column:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td class="left"></td>
    <td class="right"></td>
  </tr>
</table>

Your CSS could then be similar to:

td.left
{
  background: #ffffff url(../PathToLeftBackground.png) top right;
}
td.right
{
  background: #fffff url(../PathToRightBackground.png) top left;
}

You could also use a sprite image where you use one image and position it differently for the two backgrounds.

I realize it's probably not the most ideal solution, but it would at least fix your issue and get your project moving. I sometimes use simple solutions such as this in order to make forward progress, and then revisit the problem to make it more efficient later.