When defining something like a background image URL in a CSS file, when using a relative URL, where is it relative to? For example:
Suppose the file /stylesheets/base-styles.css
contains:
div#header {
background-image: url('images/header-background.jpg');
}
If I include this style-sheet into different documents via <link ... />
will the relative URL in the CSS file be relative to the stylesheet document in /stylesheets/
or relative to the current document it's included to? Possible paths like:
/item/details.html
/about/index.html
/about/extra/other.html
/index.html
Best Answer
According to W3:
Therefore, in answer to your question, it will be relative to
/stylesheets/
.If you think about this, this makes sense, since the CSS file could be added to pages in different directories, so standardising it to the CSS file means that the URLs will work wherever the stylesheets are linked.