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How to Turn a Rectangular Image into a Cropped Square Image with CSS
In this snippet, we’ll show how you can turn a rectangular image into a cropped square. We’ll use CSS and turn an image into a square without distorting it.
We’ll start with creating HTML.
Create HTML
- Use two
<div>elements with class attributes.
How to Turn a Rectangular Image into a Cropped Square Image with CSS
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="original-img"></div>
<div class="square"></div>
</body>
</html>Add CSS
First, we’ll demonstrate the original image and then the cropped square to show the difference between them.
- Style the "original-img" class by adding an image with the background property and specifying its width, height and margin-bottom.
- Style the "square" class. Add the image with the background property and set it to "50% 50% no-repeat". Add the width and height properties. Include background-size: cover; to crop the image to fit the container, and overflow: hidden; to prevent any visual overflow.
- You can also add a :hover pseudo-class.
How to Turn a Rectangular Image into a Cropped Square Image with CSS
css
.original-img {
width: 500px;
height: 330px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1522204538344-922f76ecc041?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60") no-repeat center center;
background-size: cover;
}
.square {
background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1522204538344-922f76ecc041?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60") 50% 50% no-repeat;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
background-size: cover;
overflow: hidden;
}
.square:hover {
opacity: 0.5;
}Example of turning a rectangular image into a square:
Example of turning a rectangular image into a square:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
div {
border: 2px solid #CCCCCC;
}
.original-img {
width: 500px;
height: 330px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1522204538344-922f76ecc041?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60") no-repeat center center;
background-size: cover;
}
.square {
background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1522204538344-922f76ecc041?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60") 50% 50% no-repeat;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
background-size: cover;
overflow: hidden;
}
.square:hover {
opacity: 0.5;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="original-img"></div>
<div class="square"></div>
</body>
</html>Result
**Original Image**
<div class="original-img"></div> **Cropped Square Image** <div class="square"></div>If you need to add a link inside the <div>, use the following example, where we add an <a> tag.
Example of a cropped square image with a link:
Example of a cropped square image with a link:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
.square {
background: url("https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1546146830-2cca9512c68e?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60") 50% 50% no-repeat;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
background-size: cover;
overflow: hidden;
}
.square a {
display: block;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="square">
<a href="https://www.w3docs.com/">W3Docs</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>