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stephanie harrison roberts
1,713 Pointsgetting an image to automatically fill its container
morning all, i have this image and a div container and cant get it to fill the container 100% could someone help out?
thanks steph
<html>
<head class="main-head">
<title>Coding Mama</title>
<!--/*title is what shows in the top tab*/-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="codingoverbreakfast.css">
<meta name="description"
content="A general guide on the use of meta tags in html pages">
<!--/*meta tags are information about the site, we use there fo search engine purposes*/-->
</head>
<body>
<div class="topnav">
<a class="active" href="#home">Home</a><br>
<a href="#About">About</a><br>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a><br>
<a href="#classes">Classes</a><br>
</div>
<h1>CODING <span>Mama</span></h1>
<div class="heroshot">
<img src="lights.jpg" class="lights">
</div>
</body>
</html>
.lights{
max-width: 100%;
max-height: 100%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
1 Answer
stephanie harrison roberts
1,713 Pointsamazing, works perfectly.....thank you very much :)
Edgars M
2,019 PointsEdgars M
2,019 PointsThe problem here is max-width and max-height styles. These 2 ensure that your image will not exceed the size of its parent. If you want to make image the size of its container just remove 'max-' from both style elements.