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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Elements - ::before and ::after

imgs with ::before

.jpg::before { content: url(../img/icn-picture.svg); } why do we need to url before the location of the image.

2 Answers

Alexander Besse
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Alexander Besse
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Hi Ubo Town,

The url() CSS function is used to include a file. The parameter is an absolute URL, a relative URL, or a data URI.

The url() function tells CSS that it needs to access an asset (such as a picture file) at the given file path.

Hopefully, that helps! Let me know if you're still unsure.

thank you so much for your help ;)