Make image take full height of flex item - html

Question

I have a container that is 100vh (minus the fixed nav height).
<section class="container">
Inside this container I have some text:
<div class="text">
<p>title</p>
</div>
Which can be of any length as the content is dynamic.
Below this text I have an image:
<div class="image">
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/a6/64/d1a664bca214bf785a293cbc87950fc4.jpg">
</div>
The image needs to fill the rest of the 100vh (- nav height) container.
I use:
.container{
display:flex;
flex-flow: column nowrap;
....
Fiddle
The issue I am having is that I need the image to be the height of the rest of the space.
How can I do this? In my fiddle, if your screen is small it is being cut off and if your screen is large it does not fill the space. Height: 100% fails to work, making it too large.
Flex solutions only please, no table tricks - thanks!

Answer 1

Make the image container (.image) a flex container with height: 100%.
You can then fine-tune the image's aspect ratio and alignment with object-fit / object-position.
nav {
position:fixed;
background:grey;
width:100%;
height: 100px;
}
main {
padding-top: 100px;
}
.container {
display:flex;
flex-flow: column nowrap;
height: calc(100vh - 100px);
background: green;
border: 3px solid brown;
}
.text { background: yellow; }
/* ***** NEW ***** */
.image {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
height: 100%;
}
img {
width: 100%;
object-fit: contain;
}
<nav>Nav</nav>
<main>
<section class="container">
<div class="text"><p>title</p></div>
<div class="image">
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/a6/64/d1a664bca214bf785a293cbc87950fc4.jpg">
</div>
</section>
<section class="container">
<div class="text"><p>hello</p></div>
<div class="image">
<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/a6/64/d1a664bca214bf785a293cbc87950fc4.jpg">
</div>
</section>
</main>
Revised Fiddle
Note that the object-fit property is not supported by IE. For more details and a workaround see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37127590/3597276

Answer 2

Maybe not exactly what you wanted, but if you move the image to a div and use it as a background, you can get the desired effect.
Fiddle
HTML:
Nav
title
<section class="container">
<div class="text">
<p>hello</p>
</div>
<div class="imageWrap">
<div class="image"></div>
</div>
</section>
</main>
CSS:
nav {
background: grey;
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
position: fixed;
}
main{
padding-top: 100px;
}
.container{
display: flex;
flex-flow: column nowrap;
height: calc(100vh - 100px);
background: green;
border: 3px solid brown;
}
.imageWrap {
flex: 1;
display: flex;
}
.image {
flex: 1;
background-size: contain;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/a6/64/d1a664bca214bf785a293cbc87950fc4.jpg)
}
.text{
background: yellow;
}