Scale element proportional to Background Cover with jQuery

Question

I have a tricky question: I have a fullsize background over the site I\'m working on. Now I want to attach a div to a certain position on the image and also that the div sc

Answer 1

Ok, so I tried to use your original idea, and modified only a few bits here and there.

Instead of using percentages, I found it easier to use pixel values. So:

$(this).css({
  'margin-top': yPos + 'px',
  'margin-left': xPos + 'px',
  'width': xSize + 'px',
  'height': ySize + 'px'
});

Then, all we have to do is check the proportion of the viewport to see how we have to modify the div's properties

if (windowAspectRatio > imageAspectRatio) {
  var ratio = windowWidth / imageWidth;
} else {
  var ratio = windowHeight / imageHeight;
}

xPos = xPos * ratio;
yPos = yPos * ratio;
xSize = xSize * ratio;
ySize = ySize * ratio;

Working example: http://codepen.io/jaimerodas/pen/RaGQVm

Stack snippet

var imageWidth = 1920,
    imageHeight = 1368,
    imageAspectRatio = imageWidth / imageHeight,
    $window = $(window);

var hotSpots = [{
  x: -210,
  y: -150,
  height: 250,
  width: 120
}, {
  x: 240,
  y: 75,
  height: 85,
  width: 175
}];

function appendHotSpots() {
  for (var i = 0; i < hotSpots.length; i++) {
    var $hotSpot = $('
').addClass('hot-spot');
    $('.container').append($hotSpot);
  }
  positionHotSpots();
}



function positionHotSpots() {
  var windowWidth = $window.width(),
    windowHeight = $window.height(),
    windowAspectRatio = windowWidth / windowHeight,
    $hotSpot = $('.hot-spot');

  $hotSpot.each(function(index) {
    var cambio = 1,
        xPos = hotSpots[index]['x'],
        yPos = hotSpots[index]['y'],
        xSize = hotSpots[index]['width'],
        ySize = hotSpots[index]['height'],
        desiredLeft = 0,
        desiredTop = 0;
    
    if (windowAspectRatio > imageAspectRatio) {
      var ratio = windowWidth / imageWidth;
    } else {
      var ratio = windowHeight / imageHeight;
    }
    
    xPos = xPos * ratio;
    yPos = yPos * ratio;
    xSize = xSize * ratio;
    ySize = ySize * ratio;

    $(this).css({
      'margin-top': yPos + 'px',
      'margin-left': xPos + 'px',
      'width': xSize + 'px',
      'height': ySize + 'px'
    });

  });
}

appendHotSpots();
$(window).resize(positionHotSpots);

html, body {
  margin: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.container {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: relative;
  background-image: url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Alexanderplatz_Stadtmodell_1.jpg/1920px-Alexanderplatz_Stadtmodell_1.jpg);
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center;
}

.hot-spot {
  background-color: red;
  border-radius: 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 1;
  opacity: 0.8;
  content: "";
}