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Static polyfill for vw, vh, vm units
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/** | |
* Polyfill for the vw, vh, vm units | |
* Requires StyleFix from -prefix-free http://leaverou.github.com/prefixfree/ | |
* @author Lea Verou | |
*/ | |
(function() { | |
if(!window.StyleFix) { | |
return; | |
} | |
// Feature test | |
var dummy = document.createElement('_').style, | |
units = ['vw', 'vh', 'vm'].filter(function(unit) { | |
dummy.width = ''; | |
dummy.width = '10' + unit; | |
return !dummy.width; | |
}); | |
if(!units.length) { | |
return; | |
} | |
StyleFix.register(function(css) { | |
var w = innerWidth, h = innerHeight, m = Math.min(w,h); | |
return css.replace(RegExp('\\b(\\d+)(' + units.join('|') + ')\\b', 'gi'), function($0, num, unit) { | |
switch (unit) { | |
case 'vw': | |
return (num * w / 100) + 'px'; | |
case 'vh': | |
return num * h / 100 + 'px'; | |
case 'vm': | |
return num * m / 100 + 'px'; | |
} | |
}); | |
}); | |
})(); |
what do you mean stylefix???
Is there any standalone one?
Only Integer values are covered not float values like 3.25vw
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Neat, thanks for sharing! But what’s the
vm
unit? The specs (to-date) describevw
(viewport width),vh
(viewport height), but novm
.There are instead
vmin
(the smaller ofvw
orvh
) andvmax
(the larger ofvw
orvh
).Being able to declare an element’s width and/or height conditionally as minimally (or maximally) a percentage of either the viewport’s height or it’s width, whichever is the smallest (or biggest), can be very useful for responsive design, esp. reckoning with device orientation, m.m. portrait/landscape.
@LeaVerou — Is this polyfill being developed any further?
I found this implementation by @saabi to be somewhat more up-to-date (albeit much more heavy). (And it has an impressive demo!) ⟶ https://github.com/saabi/vminpoly