[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16919: style.css can sometimes conflict with custom background image

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#16919: style.css can sometimes conflict with custom background image
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 Reporter:  nathanrice    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes        |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Comment (by nathanrice):

 I hear you. But custom background doesn't have the constants for a default
 background image like custom header does. So a user can't really specify
 that they don't want to use the default background.

 While it's true that your scenario is possible, I think it's just as, if
 not more likely that they're trying to change the look of the theme, and
 don't want the original background image to show up

  Generally, if an image is used as a background for a site, it's either
 fully tiled (thus making a background color unnecessary) or tiled
 horizontally (meaning it needs to blend into the background color, most
 likely, which the theme author should specify in CSS) or static (which has
 the same implications as horizontal tiling). In any of those cases,
 setting a different background color with the original image probably
 won't look good anyway.

 If we start talking about transparent PNG files, then the story changes a
 bit, I know. But that's still the exception.

 To me, nixing the background image if no background image is specified in
 the admin covers more, and the more likely, scenarios.

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