How to resize an image to fit in the browser window?

Update 2018-04-11

Here’s a Javascript-less, CSS-only solution. The image will dynamically be centered and resized to fit the window.

<html>
<head>
    <style>
        * {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }
        .imgbox {
            display: grid;
            height: 100%;
        }
        .center-fit {
            max-width: 100%;
            max-height: 100vh;
            margin: auto;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="imgbox">
    <img class="center-fit" src='pic.png'>
</div>
</body>
</html>

The [other, old] solution, using JQuery, sets the height of the image container (body in the example below) so that the max-height property on the image works as expected. The image will also automatically resize when the client window is resized.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        * {
            padding: 0;
            margin: 0;
        }
        .fit { /* set relative picture size */
            max-width: 100%;
            max-height: 100%;
        }
        .center {
            display: block;
            margin: auto;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>

<img class="center fit" src="pic.jpg" >

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
    function set_body_height() { // set body height = window height
        $('body').height($(window).height());
    }
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $(window).bind('resize', set_body_height);
        set_body_height();
    });
</script>

</body>
</html>

Note: User gutierrezalex packaged a very similar solution as a JQuery plugin on this page.

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