Scale image to fit a bounding box

Question

Is there a css-only solution to scale an image into a bounding box (keeping aspect-ratio)? This works if the image is bigger than the container:

img {
  max-         


        

Answer 1

Another solution without background image and without the need for a container (though the max sizes of the bounding box must be known):

img{
  max-height: 100px;
  max-width: 100px;
  width: auto;    /* These two are added only for clarity, */
  height: auto;   /* as the default is auto anyway */
}

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If a container's use is required, then the max-width and max-height can be set to 100%:

img {
    max-height: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    width: auto; /* These two are added only for clarity, */
    height: auto; /* as the default is auto anyway */
}

div.container {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
}

For this you would have something like:

    

        
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