Rails 5.1 + Webpack.... images in CSS?

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to use the --webpack method for a very simple Rails 5.1 app.

I'm trying to use it for managing both JS as well as CSS (scss, specifically).

This is so insanely frustrating though because there's no docs I can find anywhere how to do even the most basic stuff.

How do I link an image from within my css file?

Like this: background-image: asset-url('header.jpg')

Have you tried to read the [documentation](https://github.com/rails/webpacker#webpacker) ? — Roman Kiselenko, May 06 '17 at 20:25

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '17 at 09:34

You can use default webpack-rails configuration. Please follow paths that I added in comments

your layout should include special tag:

 # app/views/layouts/application.html.erb

<head>
    <%= javascript_pack_tag 'include_js_logic_here' %>
    <%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'include_stylesheet_here' %>
</head>

include_stylesheet_here.js

# app/javascript/packs/include_stylesheet_here.js
import 'react-select/dist/react-select.css'; #exmple how to get styles from library 
import './stylesheets/application.scss';

application.scss

#app/javascript/packs/stylesheets/application.scss
body{
  background-image: url('../img/arrow-right-red.svg');
}

paths for images is:

app/javascript/packs/img/arrow-right-red.svg

I was able to load the image like this: `background-image: url('~img/arrow-right-red.svg');` — Rodrigo Dias, Oct 05 '20 at 17:51

Rails 5.1 + Webpack.... images in CSS?

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