[javascript] angularjs ng-style: background-image isn't working

I'm trying to apply a background image to a div by using the angular ng-style ( I tried a custom directive before with the same behaviour ), but it doesn't seem to be working.

<nav
    class="navigation-grid-container"
    data-ng-class="{ bigger: isNavActive == true }"
    data-ng-controller="NavigationCtrl"
    data-ng-mouseenter="isNavActive = true; $parent.isNavActive = true"
    data-ng-mouseleave="isNavActive = false; $parent.isNavActive = false"
    data-ng-show="$parent.navInvisible == false"
    data-ng-animate="'fade'"
    ng-cloak>

    <ul class="navigation-container unstyled clearfix">
        <li
            class="navigation-item-container"
            data-ng-repeat="(key, item) in navigation"
            data-ng-class="{ small: $parent.isNavActive, big: isActive == true }"
            data-ng-mouseenter="isActive = true; isInactive= false"
            data-ng-mouseleave="isActive = false; isInactive= true">

            <div data-ng-switch on="item.id">

                <div class="navigation-item-default" data-ng-switch-when="scandinavia">
                    <a class="navigation-item-overlay" data-ng-href="{{item.id}}">
                        <div class="navigation-item-teaser">
                            <span class="navigation-item-teaser-text" data-ng-class="{ small: isScandinavia }">{{item.teaser}}</span>
                        </div>
                    </a>
                    <span class="navigation-item-background" data-ng-style="{ 'background-image': 'public/img/products/{{item.id}}/detail/wide/{{item.images.detail.wide[0]}}' }"></span>
                </div>

                <div class="navigation-item-last" data-ng-switch-when="static">
                    <div class="navigation-item-overlay">
                        <div class="navigation-item-teaser">
                            <span class="navigation-item-teaser-text">
                                <img data-ng-src="{{item.teaser}}">
                            </span>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <span class="navigation-item-background">
                        <img class="logo" data-ng-src="{{item.images.logo}}">
                    </span>
                </div>

                <div class="navigation-item-default" data-ng-switch-default>
                    <a class="navigation-item-overlay" data-ng-href="{{item.id}}">
                        <div class="navigation-item-teaser">
                            <span class="navigation-item-teaser-text">{{item.teaser}}</span>
                        </div>
                    </a>
                    <span class="navigation-item-background" data-ng-style="{ 'background-image': 'public/img/products/{{item.id}}/detail/wide/{{item.images.detail.wide[0]}}' }"></span>
                </div>

            </div>
        </li>
    </ul>
</nav>

Though, if I do try a background color, it seems to be working fine. I tried a remote source and a local source too http://lorempixel.com/g/400/200/sports/, neither worked.

For those who are struggling to get this working with IE11

HTML

<div ng-style="getBackgroundStyle(imagepath)"></div>

JS

$scope.getBackgroundStyle = function(imagepath){
    return {
        'background-image':'url(' + imagepath + ')'
    }
}

The syntax is changed for Angular 2 and above:

[ngStyle]="{'background-image': 'url(path)'}"

This worked for me, curly braces are not required.

ng-style="{'background-image':'url(../../../app/img/notification/'+notification.icon+'.png)'}"

notification.icon here is scope variable.

If we have a dynamic value that needs to go in a css background or background-image attribute, it can be just a bit more tricky to specify.

Let’s say we have a getImage() function in our controller. This function returns a string formatted similar to this: url(icons/pen.png). If we do, the ngStyle declaration is specified the exact same way as before:

ng-style="{ 'background-image': getImage() }"

Make sure to put quotes around the background-image key name. Remember, this must be formatted as a valid Javascript object key.

It is possible to parse dynamic values in a couple of way.

Interpolation with double-curly braces:

ng-style="{'background-image':'url({{myBackgroundUrl}})'}"

String concatenation:

ng-style="{'background-image': 'url(' + myBackgroundUrl + ')'}"

ES6 template literals:

ng-style="{'background-image': `url(${myBackgroundUrl})`}"

IF you have data you're waiting for the server to return (item.id) and have a construct like this:

ng-style="{'background-image':'url(https://www.myImageplusitsid/{{item.id}})'}"

Make sure you add something like ng-if="item.id"

Otherwise you'll either have two requests or one faulty.

Just for the records you can also define your object in the controller like this:

this.styleDiv = {color: '', backgroundColor:'', backgroundImage : '' };

and then you can define a function to change the property of the object directly:

this.changeBackgroundImage = function (){
        this.styleDiv.backgroundImage = 'url('+this.backgroundImage+')';
    }

Doing it in that way you can modify dinamicaly your style.