CSS/Webkit: Background Images for Table Row
it's bit late but, you can use "background-attachment : fixed" to solve this problem.
<table>
<tr class="bg">
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
and in CSS
tr.bg {
background-image : url(../PathToLeftBackground.png) repeat-y 50px 0px;
background-attachment: fixed;
}
and it works!
By default, the TR and TD have display properties table-cell and table-row. We need them to forget about it and feel like simple block elements:
tr {display: block;}
td {display: inline-block; background: transparent;}
This code solved the problem of rendering for me.
Will your table always only have 2 rows? Such as:
<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
If so, a simple but not overly elegant solution would be to split your background image into two images, and apply a CSS class to the left and right column, applying half of the arrow to the right side of the left column, and to the left side of the right column:
<table>
<tr>
<td class="left"></td>
<td class="right"></td>
</tr>
</table>
Your CSS could then be similar to:
td.left
{
background: #ffffff url(../PathToLeftBackground.png) top right;
}
td.right
{
background: #fffff url(../PathToRightBackground.png) top left;
}
You could also use a sprite image where you use 1 image and position it differently for the two backgrounds.
I realize it's probably not the most ideal solution but it would at least fix your issue and get your project moving. I sometimes use simple solutions such as this in order to make forward progress, and then revisit the problem to make it more efficient later.
Hope this helps!