Adjust width and height of iframe to fit with content in it

Question

I need a solution for auto-adjusting the width and height of an iframe to barely fit its content. The point is that t

Answer 1

one-liner solution for embeds: starts with a min-size and increases to content size. no need for script tags.

<iframe src="http://URL_HERE.html" onload='javascript:(function(o){o.style.height=o.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+"px";}(this));' style="height:200px;width:100%;border:none;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>

Answer 2

If you can control both IFRAME content and parent window then you need the iFrame Resizer.

This library enables the automatic resizing of the height and width of both same and cross domain iFrames to fit their contained content. It provides a range of features to address the most common issues with using iFrames, these include:

• Height and width resizing of the iFrame to content size.
• Works with multiple and nested iFrames.
• Domain authentication for cross domain iFrames.
• Provides a range of page size calculation methods to support complex CSS layouts.
• Detects changes to the DOM that can cause the page to resize using MutationObserver.
• Detects events that can cause the page to resize (Window Resize, CSS Animation and Transition, Orientation Change and Mouse events).
• Simplified messaging between iFrame and host page via postMessage.
• Fixes in page links in iFrame and supports links between the iFrame and parent page.
• Provides custom sizing and scrolling methods.
• Exposes parent position and viewport size to the iFrame.
• Works with ViewerJS to support PDF and ODF documents.
• Fallback support down to IE8.

Answer 3

In jQuery, this is the best option to me, that really help me!! I wait that help you!

iframe

<iframe src="" frameborder="0" id="iframe" width="100%"></iframe>

jQuery

<script>            
        var valueSize = $( "#iframe" ).offset();
        var totalsize = (valueSize.top * 2) + valueSize.left;

        $( "#iframe" ).height(totalsize);            

</script>

Answer 4

All solutions given thus far only account for a once off resize. You mention you want to be able to resize the iFrame after the contents are modified. In order to do this, you need to execute a function inside the iFrame (once the contents are changed, you need to fire an event to say that the contents have changed).

I was stuck with this for a while, as code inside the iFrame seemed limited to the DOM inside the iFrame (and couldn't edit the iFrame), and code executed outside the iFrame was stuck with the DOM outside the iFrame (and couldn't pick up an event coming from inside the iFrame).

The solution came from discovering (via assistance from a colleague) that jQuery can be told what DOM to use. In this case, the DOM of the parent window.

As such, code such as this does what you need (when run inside the iFrame) :

<script type="text/javascript">
    jQuery(document).ready(function () {
        jQuery("#IDofControlFiringResizeEvent").click(function () {
            var frame = $('#IDofiframeInMainWindow', window.parent.document);
            var height = jQuery("#IDofContainerInsideiFrame").height();
            frame.height(height + 15);
        });
    });
</script>

Answer 5

Context

I had to do this myself in a context of a web-extension. This web-extension injects some piece of UI into each page, and this UI lives inside an iframe. The content inside the iframe is dynamic, so I had to readjust the width and height of the iframe itself.

I use React but the concept applies to every library.

My solution (this assumes that you control both the page and the iframe)

Inside the iframe I changed body styles to have really big dimensions. This will allow the elements inside to lay out using all the necessary space. Making width and height 100% didn't work for me (I guess because the iframe has a default width = 300px and height = 150px)

/* something like this */
body {
  width: 99999px;
  height: 99999px;
}

Then I injected all the iframe UI inside a div and gave it some styles

#ui-root {
  display: 'inline-block';     
}

After rendering my app inside this #ui-root (in React I do this inside componentDidMount) I compute the dimensions of this div like and sync them to the parent page using window.postMessage:

let elRect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
window.parent.postMessage({
  type: 'resize-iframe',
  payload: {
    width: elRect.width,
    height: elRect.height
  }
}, '*')

In the parent frame I do something like this:

window.addEventListener('message', (ev) => {
  if(ev.data.type && ev.data.type === 'resize-iframe') {
    iframe.style.width = ev.data.payload.width + 'px'
    iframe.style.height = ev.data.payload.height + 'px'
  }
}, false)

Answer 6

If you can live with a fixed aspect ratio and you would like a responsive iframe, this code will be useful to you. It's just CSS rules.

.iframe-container {
  overflow: hidden;
  /* Calculated from the aspect ration of the content (in case of 16:9 it is 9/16= 
  0.5625) */
  padding-top: 56.25%;
  position: relative;
}
.iframe-container iframe {
  border: 0;
  height: 100%;
  left: 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

The iframe must have a div as container.

<div class="iframe-container">
   <iframe src="http://example.org"></iframe>
</div>

The source code is based on this site and Ben Marshall has a good explanation.