[css] :before and background-image... should it work?

I've got a div and apply :before and :after an image as content. That works perfectly. Now I would need to apply a background image so it does repeat as the div resizes, but it does not seem to work. Is background image on :before and :after supposed to be working?

The current code:

HTML:

<div id="videos-part">test</div>

CSS:

#videos-part{
    background-color: #fff;
    height: 127px;
    width: 764px;
    margin: -6px 0 -1px 18px;
    position: relative;
}
#videos-part:before{
    width: 16px;
    content: " ";
    background-image: url(/img/border-left3.png);
    position: absolute;
    left: -16px;
    top: -6px;
}

The problem with other answers here is that they use position: absolute;

This makes it difficult to layout the element itself in relation to the ::before pseudo-element. For example, if you wish to show an image before a link like this:

Here's how I was able to achieve the layout in the picture:

a::before {_x000D_
  content: "";_x000D_
  float: left;_x000D_
  width: 16px;_x000D_
  height: 16px;_x000D_
  margin-right: 5px;_x000D_
  background: url(../../lhsMenu/images/internal_link.png) no-repeat 0 0;_x000D_
  background-size: 80%;_x000D_
}

Note that this method allows you to scale the background image, as well as keep the ability to use margins and padding for layout.

you can set an image URL for the content prop instead of the background-image.

content: url(/img/border-left3.png);

 color: transparent; 

make the tricks for me

#videos-part:before{
    font-size: 35px;
    line-height: 33px;
    width: 16px;
    color: transparent;
    content: 'AS YOU LIKE';
    background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,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');
    background-size: 25px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    }

For some reason, I need float property of a pseudo-element to be set to left or right for the image to appear. height and width of the pseudo-element should be both set but not in percentage. I'm on Firefox 67.

Background images on :before and :after elements should work. If you post an example I could probably tell you why it does not work in your case.

Here is an example: http://jsfiddle.net/namas/3/

You can specify the dimensions of the element in % by using background-size: 100% 100% (width / height), for example.