Making an iframe responsive

Question

I was reading Can You Make an iFrame Responsive?, and one of the comments/answers led me to this JSFiddle.

But when I tried to implement the HTML and CSS to fit my needs, I didn't have the same results/success. I created my own JSFiddle so I could show you how it doesn't work the same for me. I'm sure it has something to do with the type of iFrame I'm using (e.g., the product images might need to be responsive too or something?)

My main concern is that when my blog readers visit my blog on their iPhone, I don't want everything to be at x width (100% for all my content) and then the iFrame misbehaves and is the only element wider (and hence sticks out past all the other content - if that makes sense?)

Does anyone know why it's not working?

Here is the HTML & CSS of my JSFiddle (if you don't want to click on the link):

.wrapper {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: #ffffff;
}

.h_iframe {
  position: relative;
}

.h_iframe .ratio {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}

.h_iframe iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="h_iframe">
    <!-- a transparent image is preferable -->
    <img class="ratio" src="http://www.brightontheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/placeholder300.png" />
    <iframe frameborder='0' height='465px' width='470px' scrolling='no' src='http://currentlyobsessed.me/api/v1/get_widget?wid=30&blog=Brighton+The+Day&widgetid=38585' frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  </div>
</div>

The iframe itself ('the box') can be responsive. But everything inside the iframe is a separate page, and therefore not in the domain of your CSS nor JS. — DA., Jul 25 '13 at 20:12
you could use easyXDM for communication between the page where i-frame is embedded and the document on server the iframe is pointing to. — john Smith, Dec 18 '13 at 18:00

Omar · Answer 1 · 2021-08-29T17:06:49.427

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I present to you The Incredible Singing Cat solution =)

.wrapper {
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
    padding-top: 25px;
    height: 0;
}
.wrapper iframe {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/omarjuvera/8zkunqxy/2/
As you move the window bar, you'll see iframe to responsively resize

Alternatively, you may also use the intrinsic ratio technique

This is just an alternate option of the same solution above (tomato, tomato)

.iframe-container {
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-top: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
  position: relative;
} 

.iframe-container iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  border: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

edited Aug 29 '21 at 17:06

answered Apr 21 '15 at 22:30

Omar

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Seealso this article explaining this technique in more detail: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/02/making-embedded-content-work-in-responsive-design/ – Thomas Tempelmann Dec 22 '15 at 09:48
only works for youtube iframes. See this: http://jsfiddle.net/1bd8qw76/ – csandreas1 May 23 '18 at 08:36
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This technique will work for all iframes, the trick is, the content in the iframe will need to be responsive as well, more on this here: https://benmarshall.me/responsive-iframes/ – Ben Marshall Aug 17 '18 at 16:53
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Thanks I have tried it With CodePen, JdFiddle and Youtube's Embed They Work as I Wanted Thanks! – Aditya Aug 17 '21 at 15:56
@comrade-dev the singing cat or iframe =) lol – Omar Aug 29 '21 at 16:47

score 73 · Answer 2 · edited May 05 '16 at 16:36

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Try using this code to make it responsive

iframe, object, embed {
    max-width: 100%;
}

edited May 05 '16 at 16:36

Wei Jia Chen

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answered Sep 14 '13 at 11:45

Connor Cushion Mulhall

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You are not adjusting the height of the container with this code. – reggie Jun 09 '15 at 08:25

score 46 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 14 '21 at 07:30

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I found a solution from from Dave Rupert / Chris Coyier. However, I wanted to make the scroll available so I came up with this:

.myIframe {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 65.25%;
  padding-top: 30px;
  height: 0;
  overflow: auto;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; /*<<--- THIS IS THE KEY*/ 
  border: solid black 1px;
}

.myIframe iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

<div class="myIframe">
  <iframe> </iframe>
</div>

edited Sep 14 '21 at 07:30

Rifky Niyas

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answered Feb 10 '14 at 03:09

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future note for me if content padding-bottom is ratio of content width, 800x600 is %75, 800x536 is %67 – nerkn Jul 17 '14 at 08:06
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This is a good starting point to making iframes scroll for sarafi and all devices. very sad though.... – klewis Feb 26 '15 at 21:43
This is exactly what i needed to allow the iframe to scroll, as it was over 5000px long. The other codes forced the long iFrame to be overlaid the below content. – penmas Sep 21 '17 at 18:44
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for 16:9, padding-bottom should be 56.25% – Sergey Sklyar Nov 08 '17 at 07:12

score 18 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 14 '21 at 10:13

You can use this tricks mentioned on this site http://css-tricks.com/NetMag/FluidWidthVideo/Article-FluidWidthVideo.php.

Its very useful and easy to understand. All you need to create

.videoWrapper {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 56.25%;
  /* 16:9 */
  padding-top: 25px;
  height: 0;
}

.videoWrapper iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

<div class="videoWrapper">
  <!-- Copy & Pasted from YouTube -->
  <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n_dZNLr2cME?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

Here is your edited js fiddle for demonstration.

score 13 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 14 '21 at 08:00

Check out this solution. It works for me

https://jsfiddle.net/y49jpdns/

<html lang="en" class="no-js">

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0">
  <style>
    html body {
      width: 100%;
      height: 100%;
      padding: 0px;
      margin: 0px;
      overflow: hidden;
      font-family: arial;
      font-size: 10px;
      color: #6e6e6e;
      background-color: #000;
    }
    
    #preview-frame {
      width: 100%;
      background-color: #fff;
    }
  </style>
  <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    var calcHeight = function() {
      $('#preview-frame').height($(window).height());
    }

    $(document).ready(function() {
      calcHeight();
    });

    $(window).resize(function() {
      calcHeight();
    }).load(function() {
      calcHeight();
    });
  </script>
</head>

<body>
  <iframe id="preview-frame" src="http://leowebguy.com/" name="preview-frame" frameborder="0" noresize="noresize">
  </iframe>
</body>

</html>

I've updated your fiddle since there were some wrong pieces here and there. It's the same,and it works the same but without confusing bits. http://jsfiddle.net/6NSX3/263/ — Techno.Shaman, Aug 06 '15 at 14:39
IOS does not calculate height correctly, it takes navigation bar into account. Also Iframe on IOS is not scrollable. — Tine Koloini, Mar 15 '16 at 15:16

score 13 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 02 '20 at 19:22

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iFrames CAN be FULLY responsive while keeping their aspect ratio with a little CSS technique called the Intrinsic Ratio Technique. I wrote a blog post addressing this question specifically: https://benmarshall.me/responsive-iframes/

This gist is:

.intrinsic-container {
  position: relative;
  height: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}


/* 16x9 Aspect Ratio */

.intrinsic-container-16x9 {
  padding-bottom: 56.25%;
}


/* 4x3 Aspect Ratio */

.intrinsic-container-4x3 {
  padding-bottom: 75%;
}

.intrinsic-container iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

<div class="intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9">
  <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KMYrIi_Mt8A" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

BOOM, fully responsive!

edited Jun 02 '20 at 19:22

dota2pro

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answered Dec 12 '17 at 21:53

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I jus checked your site, and the solution therein, its working like a treat! – Irf Apr 23 '22 at 00:41
and thanks for the reponsive iframe Generator, I could check the solution therein handy.. Thanx.. – Irf Apr 23 '22 at 00:42
"This video has been removed for violating YouTube's Terms of Service" - you need a new video link :) – Tony Jan 31 '23 at 11:06

score 12 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 21 '18 at 05:11

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iframes cannot be responsive. You can make the iframe container responsive but not the content it is displaying since it is a webpage that has its own set height and width.

The example fiddle link works because it's displaying an embedded youtube video link that does not have a size declared.

edited Mar 21 '18 at 05:11

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answered Jul 25 '13 at 20:11

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This is misleading. The example fiddle link works as well when youtube iframe width and height are specified. – Philip007 Aug 22 '13 at 19:54
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I'm disappointed this is so harshly downvoted. The message he is conveying is important; that iFrames are dangerous to make responsive because you're at the whim of the source's responsiveness. Yes, Youtube is the exception. But his point is still valid. – MattWithoos Mar 31 '15 at 04:28

score 12 · Answer 8 · answered May 27 '14 at 21:27

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iframe{
  max-width: 100% !important;
}

answered May 27 '14 at 21:27

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score 6 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 22 '13 at 20:02

DA is right. In your own fiddle, the iframe is indeed responsive. You can verify that in firebug by checking iframe box-sizing. But some elements inside that iframe is not responsive, so they "stick out" when window size is small. For example, div#products-post-wrapper's width is 8800px.

iorgv · Answer 10 · 2019-06-14T05:46:54.557

Simple, with CSS:

iframe{
width: 100%;
max-width: 800px /*this can be anything you wish, to show, as default size*/
}

Please, note: But it won't make the content inside it responsive!

2nd EDIT:: There are two types of responsive iframes, depending on their inner content:

one that is when the inside of the iframe only contains a video or an image or many vertically positioned, for which the above two-rows of CSS code is almost completely enough, and the aspect ratio has meaning...

and the other is the:

contact/registration form type of content, where not the aspect ratio do we have to keep, but to prevent the scrollbar from appearing, and the content under-flowing the container. On mobile you don't see the scrollbar, you just scroll until you see the content (of the iframe). Of course you give it at least some kind of height, to make the content height adapt to the vertical space occurring on a narrower screen - with media queries, like, for example:

@media (max-width: 640px){
iframe{
height: 1200px /*whatever you need, to make the scrollbar hide on testing, and the content of the iframe reveal (on mobile/phone or other target devices) */
}
}
@media (max-width: 420px){
iframe{
height: 1600px /*and so on until and as needed */
}
}

this doesn't maintain aspect ratio as the iframe resizes, ie the height stays the same no matter what the width is. — ryan, Jun 12 '19 at 20:06
@ryan I've updated my answer. I partially agree with you, btw. — iorgv, Jun 14 '19 at 00:45

score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 13 '14 at 17:16

I noticed that leowebdev's post did seem to work on my end, however, it did knock out two elements of the site that I am trying to make: the scrolling and the footer.

The scrolling I got back by adding a scrolling="yes" To the iframe embed code.

I am not sure if the footer is automatically knocked out because of the responsiveness or not, but hopefully someone else knows that answer.

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 15 '15 at 06:17

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Remove iframe height and width specified in pixels and use percentage

iframe{  max-width: 100%;}

answered Mar 15 '15 at 06:17

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But, it didn't make inside content responsive. – Virendrasingh Jul 08 '16 at 08:24

score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 12 '15 at 12:06

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<div class="wrap>
    <iframe src="../path"></iframe>
</div>

.wrap { 
    overflow: auto;
}

iframe, object, embed {
    min-height: 100%;
    min-width: 100%;
    overflow: auto;
}

answered Jun 12 '15 at 12:06

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Dec 02 '15 at 08:51

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it solved me by adjusting code from @Connor Cushion Mulhall by

iframe, object, embed {
  width: 100%;
  display: block !important;
}

answered Dec 02 '15 at 08:51

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Oct 05 '20 at 18:01

If you happen to be using the Bootstrap CSS library, you can use the responsive embed classes that it provides:

<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9">
  <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zpOULjyy-n8?rel=0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

Several different aspect ratios are supported, see the documentation.

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 26 '15 at 03:42

With the following markup:

<div class="video"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/StTqXEQ2l-Y"></iframe></div>

The following CSS makes the video full-width and 16:9:

.video {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
}

.video > .video__iframe {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    border: none;
  }
}

score 0 · Answer 17 · edited Apr 23 '16 at 17:33

I am search more about this topic and finally get a nice answer. You can try like this:

.wrapper {
width: 50%;
}
.container {
height: 0;
width: 100%;
padding-bottom: 50%;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}
.container iframe {
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
}

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="container">
    <iframe src="there is path of your iframe"></iframe>
   </div>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Aug 06 '16 at 13:03

The best solution to make an "iframe" responsive and fit with all device screens , simply apply this code (working great with Games sites):

iframe::-webkit-scrollbar{display:none}
.iframe{background:#fff;overflow:hidden}
.iframe iframe{width:100%;height:540px;border:0;display:block}
.iframe-content{position:absolute;width:100%;height:540px;overflow:auto;top:0;bottom:0;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch}

@media screen and (max-width:992px){.iframe iframe{height:720px}}
@media screen and (max-width:768px){.iframe iframe{height:720px}}
@media screen and (max-width:720px){.iframe iframe{height:720px}}
@media screen and (max-width:479px){.iframe iframe{height:480px}}
@media screen and (max-height:400px){.iframe iframe{height:360px}}

If you're looking for a responsive games container fit with all devices apply this code which uses advanced CSS @media queries.

Hello there, The Iframe html code is simple just looks like this: — Mizo Games, Dec 04 '16 at 11:12
Actually i use it with my website: Al3abMizo Games , and you can try it by playing any game at any device what ever the screen size. — Mizo Games, Dec 04 '16 at 18:44

score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Apr 27 '17 at 18:51

Fully responsive iFrame for situations where aspect ratio is unknown and content in the iFrame is fully responsive.

None of the above solutions worked for my need, which was to create a fully responsive iFrame that had fully responsive dynamic content inside of it. Maintaining any kind of aspect ratio was not an option.

Get height of your navigation bar and any content ABOVE or BELOW the iFrame. In my case I only needed to subtract the top navbar and I wanted the iFrame to fill all the way down to the bottom of the screen.

Code:

function getWindowHeight() {
        console.log('Get Window Height Called')
        var currentWindowHeight = $(window).height()

        var iFrame = document.getElementById("myframe")
        var frameHeight = currentWindowHeight - 95

        iFrame.height = frameHeight; 

    }
//Timeout to prevent function from repeatedly firing
    var doit;
    window.onresize = function(){
      clearTimeout(doit);
      doit = setTimeout(resizedw, 100);
    };

I also created a timeout so that on resize the function wouldn't get called a million times.

score 0 · Answer 20 · edited Jun 28 '21 at 14:21

For Example:

<div class="intrinsic-container">
  <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KMYrIi_Mt8A" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

CSS

.intrinsic-container {
  position: relative;
  height: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

/* 16x9 Aspect Ratio */
.intrinsic-container-16x9 {
  padding-bottom: 56.25%;
}

/* 4x3 Aspect Ratio */
.intrinsic-container-4x3 {
  padding-bottom: 75%;
}

.intrinsic-container iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top:0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

score 0 · Answer 21 · edited Nov 06 '21 at 11:40

Check out this full code. you can use the containers in percentages like below code:

<html>
<head>
<title>How to make Iframe Responsive</title>
<style>
html,body        {height:100%;}
.wrapper         {width:80%;height:100%;margin:0 auto;background:#CCC}
.h_iframe        {position:relative;}
.h_iframe .ratio {display:block;width:100%;height:auto;}
.h_iframe iframe {position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%; height:100%;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="h_iframe">
<img class="ratio" src=""/>
<iframe src="http://www.sanwebcorner.com" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>
<p>Please scale the "result" window to notice the effect.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

XPloRR · Answer 22 · 2020-08-14T19:47:23.100

The code below will make the fixed width content of a non-responsive website within an iframe resize to the viewport width, only if its width is larger than the viewport width. For demo purposes the website is a single image 800 pixels wide. You can test by resizing your browser window or load the page in your phone:

<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
body, html {width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0}
iframe {width: 100%; transform-origin: left top;}
.imgbox{text-align:center;display:block;}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.js"></script>   
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    nsZoomZoom(); 
    $(window).resize(function(){ 
        nsZoomZoom();
    });
    function nsZoomZoom(){
        htmlWidth = $('html').innerWidth();
        iframeWidth = 800;
        if (htmlWidth > iframeWidth)
            scale = 1;
        else {
            scale = htmlWidth / (iframeWidth); 
        }
        $("iframe").css('transform', 'scale(' + scale + ')');
        $("iframe").css('width', '800');
    } 
}); 
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class=imgbox>
    <iframe src="http://placekitten.com/g/800/600" scrolling=no width=800 height=600 frameborder=no></iframe>
</div>
</body>

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Apr 28 '21 at 09:57

If you are using bootstrap 4 then just use utility class for embed

https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.5/utilities/embed/

Example:

<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9">
  <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xh3j915ZnCo?rel=0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Jul 30 '21 at 12:04

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I had to show iframe in square so thats what i used

.video-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 100%;
}
.video-wrapper iframe {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: none;
}

answered Jul 30 '21 at 12:04

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