square elements

by Alexander Zonov

HTML

<div class="view">
  <div class="parent">
    <div class="container">
      <img class="content" src="https://edkphoto.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/square-21.jpg"/>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="parent">
    <div class="container">
      <!-- image is not yet loaded but container is still square -->
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.view {
  width: 75%;
}

.parent {
  width: 50%;
  float: left;
}

.container {
  position: relative;
  padding-top: 100%;
}

.parent:nth-child(1) .container {
  background-color: red;
}

.parent:nth-child(2) .container {
  background-color: green;
}

.content {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
}