I'm building a component that will have variable content. So I'd like the img to respond like a bg img, taking the height of it's container rather than defining the height. Even when I define add object-fit: cover though, the img still affects the height of it's parent. I want the text to define the height of the parent, not the img. I would prefer not to use a background img as the image is populated via a wysiwyg editor and I don't have control over where the uploaded img is loaded (ie. it has to be an img). Thanks for your help.
CODE:
.container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
padding: 20px;
background: lightblue;
width: 80%;
}
.img-item {
align-self: stretch;
flex-shrink: 2;
}
.img-item img {
object-fit: cover;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.text-item {
flex-shrink: 3;
padding: 20px;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
<title>Static Template</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="img-item">
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/2bvab7y.jpg" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="text-item">
<h1>
Heading one
</h1>
<p>Hello world. You're the best.</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
you are missing the flex-basis CSS property