Exploring responsive images
Images play a crucial role in developing different viewport sizes. Beyond using CSS, HTML also provides resources that enhance the user experience in responsive applications. Let’s explore these tools.
Using width and max-width with percentages
While width
and max-width
are not exclusively dedicated to responsive design, their effective use with percentages significantly contributes to achieving responsive images. Here’s how they function:
- Setting the image
width
value to100%
ensures that the image scales with its parent container:<style> Â Â .responsive-img { Â Â Â Â width: 100%; Â Â Â Â height: auto; Â Â } </style> <img src="example.jpg" alt="Example Image" Â Â class="responsive-img">
- Setting
max-width
to100%
ensures that the image will not exceed the size of its container while maintaining its aspect ratio:<style...