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CSS object-fit Property

The CSS object-fit property is used to specify how an <img> or <video> should be resized to fit its container.

This property can take one of the following values:

• fill - This is default. Does not preserve the aspect ratio. The image is resized to fill the container (the image will be stretched or squeezed to fit).
• cover - Preserves the aspect ratio, and the image fills the container. Cuts overflowing content if needed.
• contain - Preserves the aspect ratio, and fits the image inside the container, without cutting - leaves empty space if needed.
• none - The image is not resized.
• scale-down - the image is scaled down to the smallest version of none or contain.

Using object-fit: fill;

The object-fit: fill; value does not preserve the aspect ratio, and the image is resized to fill the container (the image will be stretched or squeezed to fit):

Example

.image-container { width: 200px; height: 300px; border: 1px solid black; margin-bottom: 25px;}.image-container img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: fill;} Try it Yourself »

Using object-fit: cover;

The object-fit: cover; value preserves the aspect ratio, and the image fills the container. The image will be clipped to fit:

Example

.image-container { width: 200px; height: 300px; border: 1px solid black; margin-bottom: 25px;}.image-container img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover;} Try it Yourself »

Using object-fit: contain;

The object-fit: contain; value preserves the aspect ratio, and fits the image inside the container, without cutting - will leave empty space if needed:

Example

.image-container { width: 200px; height: 300px; border: 1px solid black; margin-bottom: 25px;}.image-container img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: contain;} Try it Yourself »

Using object-fit: none;

The object-fit: none; value does not resize or scale the image:

Example

.image-container { width: 200px; height: 300px; border: 1px solid black; margin-bottom: 25px;}.image-container img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: none;} Try it Yourself »

Using object-fit: scale-down;

The object-fit: scale-down; value scales the image down to the smallest version of none or contain:

Example

.image-container { width: 200px; height: 300px; border: 1px solid black; margin-bottom: 25px;}.image-container img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: scale-down;} Try it Yourself »

Another Example

Here we have two images and we want them to fill the width of 50% of the browser window and 100% of the height of the container.

In the following example we do NOT use object-fit, so when we resize the browser window, the aspect ratio of the images will be destroyed:

Example

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In the next example, we use object-fit: cover;, so when we resize the browser window, the aspect ratio of the images is preserved:

Example

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CSS object-* Properties

The following table lists the CSS object-* properties:

Property	Description
object-fit	Specifies how an <img> or <video> should be resized to fit its container
object-position	Specifies how an <img> or <video> should be positioned with x/y coordinates inside its "own content box"

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