LAST UPDATED: AUGUST 5, 2021
How to Auto-resize an Image to Fit into a DIV Container using CSS?
Answer: Using width and height property
The image does not fit itself to the parent container. The image may overflow if it is larger than its parent container. It is very easy to auto-size images to fit into a div container.
In this tutorial, we will learn about the CSS properties used to auto-size the image.
Auto-resizing an image
The width and height properties can be used to auto-resize the image so that it fits into the div container. Do not use explicit height and width to the image tag. Rather use max-width: 100% and max-height: 100%.
Example: Auto-resize image using height and width properties
Here in the example, we have taken three different sizes div container and tried to fit the images to the container using max-height and max-width properties.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML</title>
<style>
img {
max-width: 100%;
max-height: 100%;
}
div {
border: 2px solid blue;
}
.small {
height: 100%;
width: 40px;
}
.medium {
height: 100%;
width: 80px;
}
.large {
height: 100%;
width: 100px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2> Auto-resize image to fit container</h2>
<p> Small div block </p>
<div class="small ">
<img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/s3.studytonight.com/tutorials/uploads/pictures/1627986342-101156.png" alt="image">
</div>
<p> medium div block </p>
<div class="medium ">
<img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/s3.studytonight.com/tutorials/uploads/pictures/1627986342-101156.png" alt="image">
</div>
<p> large div block </p>
<div class="large ">
<img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/s3.studytonight.com/tutorials/uploads/pictures/1627986342-101156.png" alt="image">
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output
Here is the output of the above program.
Using object-fit property
The object-fit: cover property is used to specify how the image can be resized to fit the div container. It preserves the aspect ratio and fills up the space to cover the div container.
Example: Fit an image to div container using object-fit property
In the given example, we have demonstrated that how the object-fit property fits the image to the div container.
Conclusion
We can resize the image to fit the div container using height and width properties or object-fit properties. We have explained in our examples with working code.
