Make flash file scale to div width and maintain height according to its aspect ratio
We're having a problem to make a flash file scale 100% according to the parent div width, while still maintaining the height according to its aspect ratio.
Please check out the code on jsFiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/LgegF) or paste the below code into an empty html-page:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/swfobject/2.2/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.diescon.net/yellowfestival/400x400.swf", "flash-content", "100%", "100%", "9.0.0", '', null, {wmode: 'transparent'});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #ccc;
margin: 0;
}
#container {
width: 400px; /* Fixed width according to page template */
height: auto; /* Container height should adapt to the content, we do not want to set a fixed height here */
background-color: pink; /* Background of container */
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
#flash-content {
width: 400px; /* Fill the width of the parent, could be fixed but ideally 100% */
height: 100%; /* We want the height of the flash object/flash content to scale according to the aspect ratio of the swf, we do not want to set a fixed height here */
}
/* This is what we really want */
#what-we {
width: 400px;
height: auto;
background-color: pink;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
}
#really-want {
width: 100%;
height: 400px; /* This is what we really want, but without setting this height fixed */
background-color: yellow;
}
</style>
</head>
<div id="container">
<div id="flash-content"></div>
</div>
<div id="what-we">
<div id="really-want">
<span>This is what we really want</span>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Answer
I have a similar problem and I find this page that was very useful: http://css-tricks.com/NetMag/FluidWidthVideo/Article-FluidWidthVideo.php
Based on what I've learn on this article, I propose to change your HTML code to:
<div id="container">
<div class="videoWrapper">
<div id="flash-content"></div>
</div>
</div>
And to change your CSS code by adding:
.videoWrapper {
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 100%; /* 1:1 */
padding-top: 0px;
height: 0;
}
.videoWrapper object, .videoWrapper embed, {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
You can see the result here: http://jsfiddle.net/LgegF/56/
Hope this help.
PatBriPerso