JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by philippkuehn

HTML

<div class="item">
    <div class="item-left">
        <div class="aspect-ratio">
            <div class="valign-table-wrapper">
                <div class="valign-table">
                    <div class="valign-cell">
                        icon
                        <br />
                        (centered)
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div><div class="item-right">
        <div class="item-right-inner">
        Aspect ratio, yay!
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="item">
    <div class="item-left">
        <div class="aspect-ratio">
            <div class="valign-table-wrapper">
                <div class="valign-table">
                    <div class="valign-cell">
                        icon
                        <br />
                        (centered)
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div><div class="item-right">
        <div class="item-right-inner">
            With too much text there is no aspect ratio, yay!
            <br /><br />
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        </div>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

* {
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.item {
    overflow: hidden;
    margin-bottom: 1px;
}

.item-left,
.item-right {
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
    padding: 9999px 0;
    margin: -9999px 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.item-left {
    width: 25%;
    background: #ddd;
}

.item-right {
    width: 75%;
    background: #eee;
}

.item-right-inner {
    padding: 15px;
}

.aspect-ratio {
    position: relative;
    height: 0;
    padding-bottom: 100%;
}

.valign-table-wrapper {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.valign-table {
    display: table;
    table-layout: fixed;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.valign-cell {
    display: table-cell;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    vertical-align: middle;
    text-align: center;
}