What Is The Best Way To Crop An Image In Html?

What is the best way to crop an image in HTML? It would be something like the following: If that doesn't work, then

Solution 1:

That's called sprites, you can read this fantastic article of A List Apart.

In the end it boils down to:

#panel2b {
    width:50px;
    height:30px;
    background: transparent url(test-3.jpg) -96px -200px no-repeat;
}

Solution 2:

You can also use a tool like this web based CSS Sprite Generator to create a larger image if you have many slices.

[Someone on my similar question led me to yours].