Object-fit not affecting images
object-fit
only affects the way the picture displays inside of the img
boundaries.
Object-Fit
The object-fit CSS property sets how the content of a replaced element, such as an
<img>
or<video>
, should be resized to fit its container.
Replaced Element
elements whose contents are not affected by the current document's styles. The position of the replaced element can be affected using CSS, but not the contents of the replaced element itself.
This means that the object-fit is independent of your article
elements as object-fit only cares about the dimensions of the img
element.
The point of this is that you need to get the img
elements to stretch to those dimensions first. The object-fit
only affects the way the picture displays inside of the img
boundaries.
Sample Code / Demonstration
$(function() { $("img").resizable(); });
img {
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
border: 1px solid #FF0000;
background-color: #00FF00;
}
.fill {
object-fit: fill;
}
.contain {
object-fit: contain;
}
.cover {
object-fit: cover;
}
.none {
object-fit: none;
}
.scaledown {
object-fit: scale-down;
}
.variant1 {
max-width: 100px;
}
.variant2 {
max-height: 100px;
}
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<p>Resize images to see properties with different dimensions.</p>
<h1>fill (default)</h1>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EtYb2.jpg" class="fill" />
<h1>contain</h1>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EtYb2.jpg" class="contain" />
<h1>cover</h1>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EtYb2.jpg" class="cover" />
<h1>none</h1>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EtYb2.jpg" class="none" />
<h1>scale-down</h1>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EtYb2.jpg" class="scaledown" />
<!-- Spacer for scale down scroll annoyance -->
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
Solutions to Question
Solution 1: More flex
Using your current HTML structure you can use the snippet below to apply an additional flex inside of each article
.
//
// Image styles are near the end of file
// (Line 28)
//
body{
margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;
}
main{
min-height: 70vh;
padding: 0;
}
main > section.posts{
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
display: flex;
align-content: stretch;
flex-flow: row wrap;
}
main > section.posts > article{
outline: 1px solid red;
width: 22vw;
min-height: 100vh;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
flex-grow: 1;
overflow: hidden;
box-sizing: border-box;
display: flex;
align-content: stretch;
align-items: stretch;
}
main > section.posts > article > img{
object-fit: cover;
flex: 1;
}
<!--
Basic structure of this file is
<main>
<section.posts>
<article> (six of them)
<image>
-->
<main>
<section class="posts">
<article>
<img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6s6d65lE11qdnz8wo1_400.jpg">
</article>
<article>
<img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/71c1fe7c899cd048fb961d3c1953411b/tumblr_nj24pvINyW1qzq8p3o1_400.jpg">
</article>
<article>
<img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/3358cb6ac8eaa0e61dffd53bc1bab93d/tumblr_n92l475hol1qlmppmo1_400.png">
</article>
<article>
<img src="https://36.media.tumblr.com/9ad997ca0385a23a8d82ec919da2392c/tumblr_nwcewbFVAL1s71gzco1_400.jpg">
</article>
<article>
<img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbl45xDSwj1qfn79co1_400.jpg">
</article>
<article>
<img src="https://41.media.tumblr.com/1c3718e71a2aa5acaaaf4af654991c91/tumblr_nx6psaH67d1tvh80lo1_400.jpg">
</article>
</section>
</main>
Solution 2: Remove article elements
Or you could restructure your html to remove the article
elements and flex the img
elements.
body{
margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;
}
main{
min-height: 70vh;
padding: 0;
}
main > section.posts{
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
}
main > section.posts > img{
outline: 1px solid red;
width: 22vw;
min-height: 100vh;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
flex-grow: 1;
overflow: hidden;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
main > section.posts > img{ /* Our suspect */
object-fit: cover;
}
<main>
<section class="posts">
<img src="http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6s6d65lE11qdnz8wo1_400.jpg">
<img src="http://41.media.tumblr.com/71c1fe7c899cd048fb961d3c1953411b/tumblr_nj24pvINyW1qzq8p3o1_400.jpg">
<img src="http://36.media.tumblr.com/3358cb6ac8eaa0e61dffd53bc1bab93d/tumblr_n92l475hol1qlmppmo1_400.png">
<img src="http://36.media.tumblr.com/9ad997ca0385a23a8d82ec919da2392c/tumblr_nwcewbFVAL1s71gzco1_400.jpg">
<img src="http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbl45xDSwj1qfn79co1_400.jpg">
<img src="http://41.media.tumblr.com/1c3718e71a2aa5acaaaf4af654991c91/tumblr_nx6psaH67d1tvh80lo1_400.jpg">
</section>
</main>
Here's what is says in the spec:
5.5. Sizing Objects: the
object-fit
propertyThe
object-fit
property specifies how the contents of a replaced element should be fitted to the box established by its used height and width.
I focused on... fitted to the box established by its used height and width.
So I added height
and width
attributes to your img
elements, and it seems to work now.
Revised Codepen
To remove the tiny line of whitespace under each image, add vertical-align: bottom
to the img
. For an explanation see here: Mystery white space underneath image tag
As a side note, you may want to consider browser support for:
object-fit
(no IE support)main
(no IE support)- flexbox (consider prefixes)
For object-fit
to work, the image itself needs a width
and height
. In the OP's CSS, the images do not have width and/or height set, thus object-fit cannot work.
The clue: width
and height
need NOT be the dimensions of the image itself! Think of it as if it were a div
: If you want a div
to fill its container, you will set
width:100%; height:100%;
...and the browser will know that this div should completely fill its container's space.
In case of an img
, the browser performs two steps:
- The browser creates a bounding box: By default, the box dimensions will be the exact dimensions of the image itself. But we're free to tell the browser to size the image to 100% of its container's width and 100% of its container's height. Then it will create a box that completely fills the container's space.
- The browser fits the image pixels into this box: By default, the image will be squeezed/stretched so the image width matches the box width, and the image height matches the box height. But using
object-fit
, you can select how to match image and box dimensions. For example, usingobject-fit:cover
commands to enlarge/downsize the image to completely fill the box while maintaining its aspect ratio.
Regarding the OP, I would simply set:
main > section.posts > article > img {
width: 100%; /* image box size as % of container, see step 1 */
height: 100%; /* image box size as % of container, see step 1 */
object-fit: cover; /* matching of image pixels to image box, see step 2 */
}
One final caveat: When using % values for sizing, the container must have a defined width and height for object-fit to work. OP would need to define height
in main > section.posts > article
.
I had a similar problem where object fit was not working. I added max-width to the image and it worked.
.myImg {
object-fit: cover;
max-width: 100%;
object-position: center;
}