How to deal with video that is delivered via iframe so it 100% fills it's container
There are lots of ways to display video on your website. One of them is using <iframe> to embed media such as YouTube, Vimeo or any other video provider that provides <iframe> code to display relevant video.
This method normally works well but video embedded via <iframe>
has normally set static width and height which is not very good for responsive design.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2lAe1cqCOXo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
But what if the container <div>
holding the video shrinks less than video width of 560px set in <iframe>
, will it looks good? No, it won’t.
Demo
A little bit of HTML and CSS
HTML
<div class="videoWrapper">
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2lAe1cqCOXo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
CSS
.videoWrapper {
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 56.25%;
padding-top: 25px;
height: 0;
}
.videoWrapper iframe {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
I hope this little snippet of code helps you and your user to see embedded video on your websites without any issues.