The style declarations contained within this page:
.cl1 {background-image: url(pix/smgr-bg.gif);} .cl2 {background-image: none;} .parent {background-image: url(pix/crosshair2.gif);} .inh1 {background-image: url(pix/redsqr.gif);}
[cl1] This 'p' element should have a background that completely fills its content-area. This background is a small green grid image that has been repeatedly "tiled" throughout the background area of the element.
[cl2] This 'p' element should have a transparent background that completely fills its content-area; this will allow the background of any ancestor elements that encompass it to "shine through."
[cl1] This 'p' element contains a 'span' that has been given a class of 'cl2'. The transparent background of [cl2]the inline 'span' should allow the 'p' element's green-grid background to "shine through."
background-image
value. If the background is red, the 'inherit' test has been failed. If the crosshair pattern does not re-start itself in the top left corner of this child 'div', then the test has also been failed; by inheriting the image, this 'div' has a pattern independent of its parent.