# Setting background image width inside a div

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-background-image-width-inside-a-div/236586
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 22, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-background-image-width-inside-a-div/236586 "2007-08-22T01:15:25Z")
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### Author: ![hoolagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@hoolagon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hoolagon)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-background-image-width-inside-a-div/236586/1 "2007-08-22T01:15:25Z")

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I have a container div with a set width and in it are all the other divs. One of these divs needs to have a background image which is wider than the set width of the container. Is this possible?

Thanks,

J