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Manoj Gurung
Manoj Gurung
5,318 Points
Posted by Manoj Gurung
Manoj Gurung
5,318 Points

can anyone help me maintain aspect ratio of background image that fills the div, whatever the screen size ?

.banner { margin: 0 auto; width: 100vw; height:90vh; background: gold; background-image: url(../img/ORdarkgrahue.jpg); background-size: 100% 100%; background-repeat:no-repeat; height: 300px; margin:10; margin-top: 60px; font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium', 'Arial Narrow', Arial, sans-serif; }

Brandon White
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Brandon White
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 34,662 Points

Hi Manoj,

Would you mind posting your code here, or a link to your repo?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

As you discovered, your current setting ("background-size: 100% 100%") will stretch the image to fit the element.

The settings you are looking for are:

background-size: cover;
background-position: center;

Note that some of the image will get trimmed off if the element doesn't have the same aspect ratio as the image, but the portion shown will still have its original aspect ratio.