{"id":4036,"date":"2021-02-23T04:14:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2021-02-23T04:14:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:14:46","slug":"how-to-use-sprite-image-in-css","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studysection.com\/blog\/how-to-use-sprite-image-in-css\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Sprite image in CSS"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a Sprite<\/h2>\n

Sprite are two-dimensional images that are made up of combining small images into one larger image at defined X and Y coordinates.<\/p>\n

To display a single image from the combined image, you could use the CSS background-position<\/em> property, defining the exact position of the image to be displayed. CSS Sprites is pretty much the exact same theory: get the image once, and shift it around, and only display parts of it. This reduces the overhead of having to fetch multiple images.<\/p>\n

Why use CSS Sprites?<\/h3>\n

It may seem counterintuitive to cram smaller images into a larger image. Wouldn\u2019t larger images take longer to load?<\/p>\n

How do you use CSS Sprites?<\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s an example sprite, with three different countries flags combined into a single image:
\n\"sprite\"\/<\/p>\n

You set the same background-image<\/em> on several CSS classes and set the background position and dimensions of the individual classes to display a single portion of the sprite. Here\u2019s some code that demonstrates the concept:
\n.flags-canada, .flags-mexico, .flags-usa {
\n background-image: url('..\/images\/flags.png');
\n background-repeat: no-repeat;
\n}
\n.flags-canada {
\n height: 128px;
\n background-position: -5px -5px;
\n}
\n.flags-usa {
\n height: 135px;
\n background-position: -5px -143px;
\n}
\n.flags-mexico {
\n height: 147px;
\n background-position: -5px -288px;
\n}<\/code><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re thinking that there has to be a way to automate this so that you aren\u2019t manually creating these sprites and then adjusting your stylesheet to match, you\u2019re right, and you\u2019re in luck!<\/p>\n

Advantage of Using CSS Image Sprite<\/h3>\n

A web page with many images, particularly many small images, such as icons, buttons, etc. can take a long time to load and generates multiple server requests.
\nUsing the image sprites instead of separate images will significantly reduce the number of HTTP requests a browser makes to the server, which can be very effective for improving the loading time of web pages and overall site performance.<\/p>\n

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