Question

I have a css file with the following reference to chess.svg. Is there a simple way to get the chess.svg sprite and other css images to start downloading without having to first wait for the entire css file to download? If it matters I am using Ruby on Rails.

.piece {
  background-image: image-url('chess.svg');
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 384px 128px;
  width: 64px;
  height: 64px;
}

Answer 1

I solved my problem by adding a hidden image that references chess.svg