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

The cleanest and simplest way to do this:

First some CSS:

div.image-wrapper {
    height: 230px; /* Suggestive number; pick your own height as desired */
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden; /* This will do the magic */
    width: 300px; /* Pick an appropriate width as desired, unless you already use a grid, in that case use 100% */
}
img {
    width: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    height: auto;
}

The HTML:

This should do the trick!