Can I use an image from my local file system as background in HTML?
I've got an HTML document hosted on a remote web server. I'm trying to have one of the elements on the web page use an image file from my local file system as its background image. No luck with Chrome, Safari or Firefox (haven't tried IE).
Here's an example of what I've tried so far.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Experiment</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<style>
html,body { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body style="background: url('file:///Users/username/Desktop/background.png')">
</body>
</html>
If I inspect the body element using my browser's web inspection tool, and select "Open image in new tab" the image is there. So the browser is fully capable of getting at the image file using the given URL.
Is what I'm trying to pull off at all possible, or is this a security feature of the browser trying to block external domains from accessing the user's local resources?
Answer
It seems you can provide just the local image name, assuming it is in the same folder...
It suffices like:
background-image: url("img1.png")