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How to delay the display of the background image in a div

Here's my fiddle.


I just want the " background-image: " in the css to load fully and display after 3 seconds with a quick fade in effect, until then the entire div must be in black color.
How it is possible in css or javascript.

.initials {
    position:absolute;
    background:black;
    background-image: url("http://static.tumblr.com/lxn1yld/Hnxnxaqya/space.gif");
    color:white;
    margin-top:20px;
    padding-top:20px;
    padding-bottom:20px;
    width:60px;
    text-align:center;
    margin-left:20px;
    font-size:17px;
    letter-spacing:5px;
    box-shadow:0px 2px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
}
<div class="initials">A</div>

Solution

  • With some minor changes, I might have achieved what you want with only CSS3. Check the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/w11r4o3u/

    CSS:

    .initials {
    position:relative;
    background:black;
    color:white;
    margin-top:20px;
    padding-top:20px;
    padding-bottom:20px;
    width:60px;
    text-align:center;
    margin-left:20px;
    font-size:17px;
    letter-spacing:5px;
    box-shadow:0px 2px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
}
.initials .text {
    position: relative;
}

@-webkit-keyframes test {
  0% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1
  }
}

.initials:before{
  content: "";
  background-image: url("http://static.tumblr.com/lxn1yld/Hnxnxaqya/space.gif");
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  -webkit-animation-name: test;
  -webkit-animation-delay: 3s;
  -webkit-animation-duration: .3s;
  -webkit-animation-fill-mode: both;
}

    HTML:

    <div class="initials"><div class="text">A</div></div>

    Edited:

    Now the animation starts after 3 seconds and takes .3s to complete. Here is the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/w11r4o3u/1/