IE and Edge fix for object-fit: cover;

I just used the @misir-jafarov and is working now with :

• IE 8,9,10,11 and EDGE detection
• used in Bootrap 4
• take the height of its parent div
• cliped vertically at 20% of top and horizontally 50% (better for portraits)

here is my code :

if (document.documentMode || /Edge/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    jQuery('.art-img img').each(function(){
        var t = jQuery(this),
            s = 'url(' + t.attr('src') + ')',
            p = t.parent(),
            d = jQuery('<div></div>');

        p.append(d);
        d.css({
            'height'                : t.parent().css('height'),
            'background-size'       : 'cover',
            'background-repeat'     : 'no-repeat',
            'background-position'   : '50% 20%',
            'background-image'      : s
        });
        t.hide();
    });
}

Hope it helps.

I had similar issue. I resolved it with just CSS.

Basically Object-fit: cover was not working in IE and it was taking 100% width and 100% height and aspect ratio was distorted. In other words image zooming effect wasn't there which I was seeing in chrome.

The approach I took was to position the image inside the container with absolute and then place it right at the centre using the combination:

position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);

Once it is in the centre, I give to the image,

// For vertical blocks (i.e., where height is greater than width)
height: 100%;
width: auto;

// For Horizontal blocks (i.e., where width is greater than height)
height: auto;
width: 100%;

This makes the image get the effect of Object-fit:cover.

Here is a demonstration of the above logic.

https://jsfiddle.net/furqan_694/s3xLe1gp/

This logic works in all browsers.

There is no rule to achieve that using CSS only, besides the object-fit (that you are currently using), which has partial support in EDGE¹ so if you want to use this in IE, you have to use a object-fit polyfill in case you want to use just the element img, otherwise you have to do some workarounds.

You can see the the object-fit support here

UPDATE(2019)

You can use a simple JS snippet to detect if the object-fit is supported and then replace the img for a svg

//ES6 version
if ('objectFit' in document.documentElement.style === false) {
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
        document.querySelectorAll('img[data-object-fit]').forEach(image => {
            (image.runtimeStyle || image.style).background = `url("${image.src}") no-repeat 50%/${image.currentStyle ? image.currentStyle['object-fit'] : image.getAttribute('data-object-fit')}`
            image.src = `data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='${image.width}' height='${image.height}'%3E%3C/svg%3E`
        })
    })
}

//ES5 version transpiled from code above with BabelJS
if ('objectFit' in document.documentElement.style === false) {
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
        document.querySelectorAll('img[data-object-fit]').forEach(function(image) {
            (image.runtimeStyle || image.style).background = "url(\"".concat(image.src, "\") no-repeat 50%/").concat(image.currentStyle ? image.currentStyle['object-fit'] : image.getAttribute('data-object-fit'));
            image.src = "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='".concat(image.width, "' height='").concat(image.height, "'%3E%3C/svg%3E");
        });
    });
}

img {
  display: inline-flex;
  width: 175px;
  height: 175px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  border: 1px solid red
}

[data-object-fit='cover'] {
  object-fit: cover
}

[data-object-fit='contain'] {
  object-fit: contain
}

<img data-object-fit='cover' src='//picsum.photos/1200/600' />
<img data-object-fit='contain' src='//picsum.photos/1200/600' />
<img src='//picsum.photos/1200/600' />

UPDATE(2018)

1 - EDGE has now partial support for object-fit since version 16, and by partial, it means only works in img element (future version 18 still has only partial support)