Tailwind CSS - Fluid Width Video

Introduction

Learned how to make YouTube videos from this CSS Tricks article, Fluid Width Video.

The following code snippet is a Tailwind CSS version of <iframe> Video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) section._

Fluid Width iFrame Video

1. Add a wrapper element with following classes

   1. relative
   2. A Tailwind CSS padding extension

     module.exports = {
       purge: [...],
       theme: {
         extend: { padding: { "fluid-video": "56.25%" } },
       },
       variants: {},
       plugins: [],
     }
   

   1. Remove the wrapper height with h-0.

2. Position iframe with an absolute positioning on top left (top-0, left-0), with 100% width and height (w-full, h-full).
   
   

<div id="responsiveVideoWrapper" className="relative h-0 pb-fluid-video">
  <iframe
    className="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full"
    src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zihoyz0u_cs"
    allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
    allowFullScreen
  ></iframe>
</div>

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