RWD Videos

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Using The width Property

If you set the 'width' property to 100%, the video player will adjust its size automatically to fit different screen sizes.

In the example mentioned earlier, you can make the video player bigger than its normal size. However, a smarter approach in most situations is to utilize the "max-width" property instead.

Using The max-width Property

If you set the 'max-width' property to 100%, the video player will shrink if needed but won't grow larger than its original size.

Add a Video to the Example Web Page

We need to insert a video on our sample webpage. We want the video to adjust its size to fit perfectly within the available space.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <style>
      video {
        width: 100%;
        height: auto;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <video width="200" style="width:300px; height:200px;" controls>
      <source src="/assets/files/tiger.mp4" type="video/mp4" >
      <source src="/assets/files/tiger.mp4" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
    </video>
    <p>Resize the browser window to see how the size of the video player will scale.</p>
  </body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <style>
      video {
        max-width: 100%;
        height: auto;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <video width="300" controls>
      <source src="/assets/files/tiger.mp4" type="video/mp4">
      <source src="/assets/files/tiger.mp4" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
    </video>
    <p>Resize the browser window to see how the size of the video player will scale when the width is less than 400px.</p>
  </body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <style>
      * {
        box-sizing: border-box;
      }

      video {
        width: 100%;
        height: auto;
      }

      .row:after {
        content: "";
        clear: both;
        display: table;
      }

      [class*="col-"] {
        float: left;
        padding: 15px;
        width: 100%;
      }

      @media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {
        .col-s-1 {
          width: 8.33%;
        }

        .col-s-2 {
          width: 16.66%;
        }

        .col-s-3 {
          width: 25%;
        }

        .col-s-4 {
          width: 33.33%;
        }

        .col-s-5 {
          width: 41.66%;
        }

        .col-s-6 {
          width: 50%;
        }

        .col-s-7 {
          width: 58.33%;
        }

        .col-s-8 {
          width: 66.66%;
        }

        .col-s-9 {
          width: 75%;
        }

        .col-s-10 {
          width: 83.33%;
        }

        .col-s-11 {
          width: 91.66%;
        }

        .col-s-12 {
          width: 100%;
        }
      }

      @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
        .col-1 {
          width: 8.33%;
        }

        .col-2 {
          width: 16.66%;
        }

        .col-3 {
          width: 25%;
        }

        .col-4 {
          width: 33.33%;
        }

        .col-5 {
          width: 41.66%;
        }

        .col-6 {
          width: 50%;
        }

        .col-7 {
          width: 58.33%;
        }

        .col-8 {
          width: 66.66%;
        }

        .col-9 {
          width: 75%;
        }

        .col-10 {
          width: 83.33%;
        }

        .col-11 {
          width: 91.66%;
        }

        .col-12 {
          width: 100%;
        }
      }

      html {
        font-family: "Lucida Sans", sans-serif;
      }

      .header {
        background-color: #9933cc;
        color: #ffffff;
        padding: 15px;
      }

      .menu ul {
        list-style-type: none;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
      }

      .menu li {
        padding: 8px;
        margin-bottom: 7px;
        background-color: #33b5e5;
        color: #ffffff;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
      }

      .menu li:hover {
        background-color: #0099cc;
      }

      .aside {
        background-color: #33b5e5;
        padding: 15px;
        color: #ffffff;
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 14px;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
      }

      .footer {
        background-color: #0099cc;
        color: #ffffff;
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 12px;
        padding: 15px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="header">
      <h1>Chania</h1>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-3 col-s-3 menu">
        <ul>
          <li>The Flight</li>
          <li>The City</li>
          <li>The Island</li>
          <li>The Food</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
      <div class="col-6 col-s-9">
        <h1>The City</h1>
        <p>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s.</p>
        <video width="400" controls>
          <source src="/assets/files/tiger.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
        </video>
      </div>
      <div class="col-3 col-s-12">
        <div class="aside">
          <h2>What?</h2>
          <p>Chania is a city on the island of Crete.</p>
          <h2>Where?</h2>
          <p>Crete is a Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea.</p>
          <h2>How?</h2>
          <p>You can reach Chania airport from all over Europe.</p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="footer">
      <p>Resize the browser window to see how the content respond to the resizing.</p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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CSS Basics

CSS Properties

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CSS Grid

RWD Videos

Using The width Property

Using The max-width Property

Add a Video to the Example Web Page

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