{"id":2799,"date":"2021-06-15T09:31:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T09:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnscripting.org\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2021-06-15T09:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T09:31:58","slug":"css-image-sprites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnscripting.org\/css-image-sprites\/","title":{"rendered":"CSS Image Sprites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is basically an image which is a collection of different images put together to form a single image. The use of image sprites is done for two main reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For faster page loading since use only single image.<\/li><li>It reduce the bandwidth used to load multiple images. This way less data is consume.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image sprites are generally used for designing a graphic social media bar or a navigation bar to make it more attractive and efficient at the same time. It is just a method in HTML and CSS to implement more efficient way of putting images and designing web pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE html>\n&lt;html>\n&lt;head>\n&lt;style>\n#navlist {\n  position: relative;\n}\n\n#navlist li {\n  margin: 0;\n  padding: 0;\n  list-style: none;\n  position: absolute;\n  top: 0;\n}\n\n#navlist li, #navlist a {\n  height: 44px;\n  display: block;\n}\n\n#home {\n  left: 0px;\n  width: 46px;\n  background: url('img_navsprites_hover.gif') 0 0;\n}\n\n#prev {\n  left: 63px;\n  width: 43px;\n  background: url('img_navsprites_hover.gif') -47px 0;\n}\n\n#next {\n  left: 129px;\n  width: 43px;\n  background: url('img_navsprites_hover.gif') -91px 0;\n}\n\n#home a:hover {\n  background: url('img_navsprites_hover.gif') 0 -45px;\n}\n\n#prev a:hover {\n  background: url('img_navsprites_hover.gif') -47px -45px;\n}\n\n#next a:hover {\n  background: url('img_navsprites_hover.gif') -91px -45px;\n}\n&lt;\/style>\n&lt;\/head>\n&lt;body>\n\n&lt;ul id=\"navlist\">\n  &lt;li id=\"home\">&lt;a href=\"default.asp\">&lt;\/a>&lt;\/li>\n  &lt;li id=\"prev\">&lt;a href=\"css_intro.asp\">&lt;\/a>&lt;\/li>\n  &lt;li id=\"next\">&lt;a href=\"css_syntax.asp\">&lt;\/a>&lt;\/li>\n&lt;\/ul>\n\n&lt;\/body>\n&lt;\/html>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Output:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnscripting.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sprites.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2787\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is basically an image which is a collection of different images put together to form a single image. 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