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Baggyeyes ([personal profile] baggyeyes) wrote in [community profile] dreamwidthlayouts2011-10-03 05:36 pm

Keep images and videos from taking over

I found this CSS snippet while trying to find a way to keep large images from swallowing the layout whole:

img, embed, object, video {
max-width: 100%
}

Vanseodesign.com: Flexible Images/


I've only tested it on my reading page, but it seems to work very well.

I hope people find this useful!
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[personal profile] rise 2011-10-09 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
A bit late to be replying, I know, but thank you so much for reminding me about max-width! I've been making use of it in posts lately when I've had to put in elements that might be too big. Usually something like:

<img src="http://imageurl/" style="max-width: 100%;" border="0" />

I've also found max-width useful for making sure multiple images size properly, like when you have three images you want to stay together on the same line:

<img src="http://1stimageurl/" style="max-width: 33%;" border="0" /><img src="http://2ndimageurl/" style="max-width: 33%;" border="0" /><img src="http://3rdimageurl/" style="max-width: 33%;" border="0" />

So I'm very glad you reminded me about it! I'd completely forgotten you could even DO that with css. Derp.

[personal profile] dee_groovy 2011-10-12 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
awesome, thanks for sharing! I've added it to my layout :)

[personal profile] dee_groovy 2011-10-12 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! faithwood @ LJ has some really nice designs!