How to resize an image to fit in the browser window?
This seems trivial but after all the research and coding I can't get it to work. Conditions are:
- The browser window size is unknown. So please don't propose a solution involving absolute pixel sizes.
- The image's original dimensions are unknown, and may or may not already fit the browser window.
- The image is vertically and horizontally centered.
- The image proportions must be conserved.
- The image must be displayed in its entirety in the window (no cropping.)
- I do not wish scrollbars to appear (and they shouldn't if the image fits.)
- The image automatically resizes when the window dimensions change, to occupy all the available space without being larger than its original size.
Basically what I want is this:
.fit {
max-width: 99%;
max-height: 99%;
}
<img class="fit" src="pic.png">
The problem with the code above is that it doesn't work: the pic takes all the vertical space it needs by adding a vertical scroll bar.
At my disposal is PHP, Javascript, JQuery but I'd kill for a CSS-only solution. I don't care if it doesn't work in IE.
Answer
Update 2018-04-11
Here's a Javascript-less, CSS-only solution. The image will dynamically be centered and resized to fit the window.
<html>
<head>
<style>
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.imgbox {
display: grid;
height: 100%;
}
.center-fit {
max-width: 100%;
max-height: 100vh;
margin: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="imgbox">
<img class="center-fit" src='pic.png'>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The [other, old] solution, using JQuery, sets the height of the image container (body in the example below) so that the max-height property on the image works as expected. The image will also automatically resize when the client window is resized.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.fit { /* set relative picture size */
max-width: 100%;
max-height: 100%;
}
.center {
display: block;
margin: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img class="center fit" src="pic.jpg" >
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
function set_body_height() { // set body height = window height
$('body').height($(window).height());
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$(window).bind('resize', set_body_height);
set_body_height();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Note: User gutierrezalex packaged a very similar solution as a JQuery plugin on this page.