Setting a backgroundImage With React Inline Styles

I'm trying to access a static image to use within an inline backgroundImage property within React. Unfortunately, I've run up dry on how to do this.

Generally, I thought you just did as follows:

import Background from '../images/background_image.png';

var sectionStyle = {
  width: "100%",
  height: "400px",
  backgroundImage: "url(" + { Background } + ")"
};

class Section extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <section style={ sectionStyle }>
      </section>
    );
  }
}

This works for <img> tags. Can someone explain the difference between the two?

Example:

<img src={ Background } /> works just fine.

Thank you!

Solution 1:

The curly braces inside backgroundImage property are wrong.

Probably you are using webpack along with image files loader, so Background should be already a String: backgroundImage: "url(" + Background + ")"

You can also use ES6 string templates as below to achieve the same effect:

backgroundImage: `url(${Background})`

Solution 2:

Inline style to set any image full screen:

style={{  
  backgroundImage: "url(" + "https://images.pexels.com/photos/34153/pexels-photo.jpg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&h=350" + ")",
  backgroundPosition: 'center',
  backgroundSize: 'cover',
  backgroundRepeat: 'no-repeat'
}}

Solution 3:

If you are using ES5 -

backgroundImage: "url(" + Background + ")"

If you are using ES6 -

backgroundImage: `url(${Background})`

Basically removing unnecessary curly braces while adding value to backgroundImage property works will work.

Solution 4:

You can also bring the image into the component by using the require() function.

Note the two sets of curly brackets. The first set is for entering react mode and the second is for denoting object

Solution 5:

It works for me:

  import Background from '../images/background_image.png';
    
  <div className=...
       style={{
              background: `url(${Background})`,
            }}
    >...</div>