carousel and background-size: cover

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25980576

by germandost

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div id="carousel-example-generic" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">
    <!-- Indicators -->
    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="1"></li>
        <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>
    
    <!-- Wrapper for slides -->
    <div class="carousel-inner">
        <div class="item active">
            <div class="image" style="background-image: url('http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8559402848_9fcd90d20b_b.jpg')"></div>
            <div class="carousel-caption">Bears</div>
        </div>
        <div class="item">
            <div class="image" style="background-image: url('http://everythingbirdsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/birds-of-paradise.jpg')"></div>
            <div class="carousel-caption">Birds</div>
        </div>
        <div class="item">
            <div class="image" style="background-image: url('http://emarketingblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/image-marketing-sites.jpg')"></div>
            <div class="carousel-caption">Butterfly</div>
        </div>
    </div>
    
    <!-- Controls -->
    <a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" role="button" data-slide="prev">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left"></span>
    </a>
    <a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" role="button" data-slide="next">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right"></span>
    </a>
</div>

CSS

.image {
    height: 200px;
    background-position: center;
    background-size: cover;
}