Maintain the aspect ratio of a div with CSS
Last Updated :
03 Aug, 2023
In order to maintain the aspect ratio of a div with CSS create flexible elements that keep their aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc.) when resize the browser window.
What is aspect ratio?
The aspect ratio of an element describes the proportional relationship between its width and height. Two common video aspect ratios are 4:3 and 16:9.
To maintain the aspect ratio of the div add a percentage value for padding-top. Different aspect ratio have different percentage values. Some of them are shown below:
aspect ratio | padding-top value
--------------|----------------------
1:1 | 100%
16:9 | 56.25%
4:3 | 75%
3:2 | 66.66%
8:5 | 62.5%
Syntax:
element {
padding-top: %value;
}
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport"
content="width=device-width,
initial-scale=1">
<style>
.container {
background-color: green;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
padding-top: 56.25%; /* 16:9 Aspect Ratio */
}
.text {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
text-align: center;
font-size: 25px;
color: white;
}
.example {
background: white;
color: green;
font-weight:bold;
font-size: 40px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="text">
<div class="example">
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</div>
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contains well written, well thought and well
explained computer science and programming
articles, quizzes etc. Also it contains several
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</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
The output of above example is set to Aspect Ratio of 16:9. Resize the window to see the effect. Also change the corresponding values of the aspect ratio to see the desired changes in the browser window.
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