Can I scale a div's height proportionally to its width using CSS?

Question

Can I set any variable in CSS like I want my div height to always be half of width my div scales with the screen size width for div is in percent

Answer 1

One way usefull when you work with images, but can be used as workaround otherwise:

    

        

            

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To use replace yourImage with your image url. You use image with width / height ratio you desire.

div id="myContent" is here as example of workaround where myContent will overlay over image.

This works like: Parent div will adopt to the height of image, image height will adopt to width of parent. However image is hidden.