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AspectRatio

Available from version 0.5.0

The Aspect Ratio component resizes its contents to match the desired ratio.

Basics​

import { AspectRatio } from 'tailwind-joy/components';

The Aspect Ratio component wraps around the content that it resizes. The element to be resized must be the first direct child. The default ratio is 16/9.

import { AspectRatio, Typography } from 'tailwind-joy/components';

export function AspectRatioBasics() {
  return (
    <AspectRatio className="w-[300px]">
      <Typography level="h2" component="div">
        16/9
      </Typography>
    </AspectRatio>
  );
}

Customization​

Variants​

The Aspect Ratio component supports four variants: solid, soft (default), outlined, and plain.

import { AspectRatio, Box, Typography } from 'tailwind-joy/components';

export function AspectRatioVariants() {
  return (
    <Box className="flex w-full gap-4">
      <Box className="flex-1">
        <AspectRatio variant="solid">
          <Typography level="inherit" className="font-semibold">
            Solid
          </Typography>
        </AspectRatio>
      </Box>
      <Box className="flex-1">
        <AspectRatio variant="soft">
          <Typography level="inherit" className="font-semibold">
            Soft
          </Typography>
        </AspectRatio>
      </Box>
      <Box className="flex-1">
        <AspectRatio variant="outlined">
          <Typography level="inherit" className="font-semibold">
            Outlined
          </Typography>
        </AspectRatio>
      </Box>
      <Box className="flex-1">
        <AspectRatio variant="plain">
          <Typography level="inherit" className="font-semibold">
            Plain
          </Typography>
        </AspectRatio>
      </Box>
    </Box>
  );
}

Ratio​

Use the ratio prop to change the aspect ratio, following the pattern width/height. For example, the demo below uses a ratio of 4/3, which is a common alternative to the default 16/9:

import { AspectRatio, Typography } from 'tailwind-joy/components';

export function AspectRatioRatio() {
  return (
    <AspectRatio
      variant="outlined"
      ratio="4/3"
      className="bg-joy-neutral-200 dark:bg-joy-neutral-700 w-[300px] rounded-lg"
    >
      <Typography level="h2" component="div">
        4/3
      </Typography>
    </AspectRatio>
  );
}

Object fit​

When the content inside the Aspect Ratio component is an image or a video, you can use the objectFit prop to control how it's resized.

This prop gives you access to all of the values associated with the CSS object-fit property: cover (default), contain, fill, scaleDown, initial, inherit, and none.

import { AspectRatio, Box } from 'tailwind-joy/components';

export function AspectRatioObjectFit() {
  return (
    <Box className="w-[300px] rounded-md p-2">
      <AspectRatio objectFit="contain">
        <img
          src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502657877623-f66bf489d236?auto=format&fit=crop&w=800"
          srcSet="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502657877623-f66bf489d236?auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&dpr=2 2x"
          alt="A beautiful landscape."
        />
      </AspectRatio>
    </Box>
  );
}

Media placeholder​

Use a <div>, or a Box component paired with an icon, as a fallback when there is no media content provided:

Title

Description of the card.

import { MdImage } from 'react-icons/md';
import { AspectRatio, Sheet, Typography } from 'tailwind-joy/components';
import { iconClass } from 'tailwind-joy/utils';
import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';

export function AspectRatioMediaPlaceholder() {
  return (
    <Sheet
      variant="outlined"
      className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-[300px] flex-col gap-y-3 rounded-lg p-4"
    >
      <AspectRatio>
        <div>
          <MdImage
            className={twMerge(
              iconClass(),
              'text-[3rem] text-[color:inherit] opacity-20 dark:text-[color:inherit]',
            )}
          />
        </div>
      </AspectRatio>
      <div>
        <Typography level="title-md">Title</Typography>
        <Typography level="body-sm">Description of the card.</Typography>
      </div>
    </Sheet>
  );
}
info

iconClass() is an adapter function provided by Tailwind-Joy.

Minimum and maximum height​

Use the minHeight and maxHeight props to set the lower and upper bound for the height of the content. This is useful when the Aspect Ratio component wraps dynamic-width content, as shown in the demo below:

import { AspectRatio, Box } from 'tailwind-joy/components';

export function AspectRatioMinimumAndMaximumHeight() {
  return (
    <Box className="w-[300px] resize-x overflow-auto p-2">
      <AspectRatio minHeight={120} maxHeight={200}>
        <img
          src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502657877623-f66bf489d236?auto=format&fit=crop&w=800"
          srcSet="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502657877623-f66bf489d236?auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&dpr=2 2x"
          alt=""
        />
      </AspectRatio>
    </Box>
  );
}

Anatomy​

The Aspect Ratio component is composed of a root <div> with a content <div> nested inside; the child component is given a data-first-child attribute for styling purposes:

<div class="tj-aspect-ratio-root ...">
  <div class="tj-aspect-ratio-content ...">
    <some-element data-first-child>
      <!-- Aspect Ratio contents -->
    </some-element>
  </div>
</div>

API​

See the documentation below for a complete reference to all of the props available to the components mentioned here.