Layering images in CSS - possible to put 2 images

Question

Supposing I'm setting a background image for a web page in CSS like this:

body    {
font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
background-color: #9D5922;
color: #000;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
margin: 0;
padding: 0; 
background: url(images/desk.gif) repeat bottom left;
}

Is there any way to layer a second image on top of the desk.gif within the body element itself, or is the only way to create a separate class and use the z axis?

Sorry, it's a simpleminded question, but I've been trying to figure this out and though I haven't been able to make it work, I also haven't found a clear slapdown of the idea anywhere online... so, is there a way, or is this just a no can do?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Layered backgrounds are part of the CSS3 Working Draft but, as far as I know, support for them is limited to WebKit/KHTML-based browsers such as Safari, Chrome, Konqueror and OmniWeb.

Using your example code, this would look like:

body    {
    font-size: 62.5%; /* Resets 1em to 10px */
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
    background-color: #9D5922;
    color: #000;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0; 
    background: url("images/top.gif") left bottom repeat,
                url("images/desk.gif") left bottom repeat;
}

Answer 2

Use absolute positioning and a z-index to get the second element on top.