Despite trying several ways to load the image for the backgroundImage property, it never shows up in page. Loading external images (for example from google) works as expected.
I tried:
backgroundImage: `url(${Papyrus})`
backgroundImage: "url(" + Papyrus + ")"
backgroundImage: "url(../../assets/images/papyrus.png)"
backgroundImage: Papyrus
backgroundImage: "url(\"../../assets/images/papyrus.png\")"
backgroundImage: "url(assets/images/papyrus.png)"
NONE of them work. The image is loaded when I look at my network audit, I can find it in the static folder, but it's never displayed.
App.tsx
import React from 'react';
import makeStyles from './app-styles';
import {Container} from "@material-ui/core";
import Description from "../description/description";
const App: React.FC = () => {
const classes = makeStyles();
return (
<div className="App">
<Container maxWidth={"xl"}>
<div className={classes.row}>
<Description/>
</div>
</Container>
</div>
);
};
export default App;
description.tsx
import * as React from "react";
import makeStyles from './description-styles';
interface DescriptionProps {
}
const Description: React.FC<DescriptionProps> = () => {
const classes = makeStyles();
return (
<div className={classes.descriptionCard}>
<p>Some text</p>
</div>
)
};
export default Description;
description-styles.tsx
import makeStyles from "@material-ui/core/styles/makeStyles";
import Papyrus from "../../assets/images/papyrus.png";
export default makeStyles(theme => ({
descriptionCard: {
backgroundImage: `url(${Papyrus})`,
// margin: 'auto',
height: '25vh',
width: 'calc(20vw * 0.54 - 2%)',
borderRadius: 8,
display: 'flex',
marginLeft: '10px',
marginTop: '10px'
},
text: {
}
}))
Add some additional properties to the background image and it will work -
descriptionCard: {
backgroundImage: `url(${Papyrus})`,
backgroundPosition: 'center',
backgroundSize: 'cover',
backgroundRepeat: 'no-repeat',
// margin: 'auto',
height: '25vh',
width: 'calc(20vw * 0.54 - 2%)',
borderRadius: 8,
display: 'flex',
marginLeft: '10px',
marginTop: '10px'
}
I'm not sure why we need these additional properties (maybe someone could add to the answer), but sometimes the image needs certain behaviour to be defined, like size, position, etc.