# Progressive JPEG as CSS background

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressive-jpeg-as-css-background/247842>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [December 30, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressive-jpeg-as-css-background/247842 "2007-12-30T22:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/progressive-jpeg-as-css-background/247842/1 "2007-12-30T22:25:52Z")

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I noticed that if I set a progressive JPEG as the background of a DIV, that JPEG will not load progressively (blury to sharp). Is there some additional property I must set for the DIV for the progressiveness to work?