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Aspect Ratio Picker

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About

An aspect ratio picker for image and video models: ratios with shape glyphs, ones the model does not support turned off, a custom size snapped to the model grid with a lock, and a compact popover form.

Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds Aspect Ratio Picker to your project and fits it to your theme.

Code

How Aspect Ratio Picker is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.

Usage.tsx

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { AspectRatioPicker, parseAspectRatio } from "@/components/ui/aspect-ratio-picker"

const reducedMotion = () => window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches

/** Pixel size near one megapixel, in multiples of 64, the way most image models want it. */
function sizeFor(value: string) {
  const parsed = parseAspectRatio(value)
  if (!parsed) return { width: 1024, height: 1024 }
  if (parsed.width > 64 || parsed.height > 64) return parsed
  const area = 1024 * 1024
  const width = Math.round(Math.sqrt(area * parsed.ratio) / 64) * 64
  return { width, height: Math.round(width / parsed.ratio / 64) * 64 }
}

/** The segmented row, with a frame that takes the shape you pick. */
function AspectRatioPickerDemo() {
  const [value, setValue] = React.useState("3:2")
  const { width, height } = sizeFor(value)
  const ratio = parseAspectRatio(value)?.ratio ?? width / height
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full max-w-xl flex-col items-start gap-5">
      <AspectRatioPicker value={value} onValueChange={setValue} />
      <div className="grid h-56 w-full place-items-center">
        <div
          className="bg-(color:--chatcn-fill) rounded-(--chatcn-radius-md) relative grid max-h-56 max-w-full place-items-center shadow-[inset_0_0_0_1px_var(--chatcn-alpha-400)]"
          style={{
            aspectRatio: ratio,
            height: ratio >= 1 ? undefined : "100%",
            width: ratio >= 1 ? "min(100%, 22rem)" : undefined,
          }}
        >
          <span className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) tabular-nums">
            {width} × {height}
          </span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

function Labeled({ label, children }: { label: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <section className="flex min-w-0 flex-col gap-2.5">
      <h3 className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) font-medium">{label}</h3>
      {children}
    </section>
  )
}

/** Options a model does not support, custom size and fully disabled. */
function AspectRatioPickerStates() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-full max-w-2xl flex-col gap-8">
      <Labeled label="Model supports four ratios">
        <AspectRatioPicker
          defaultValue="1:1"
          allowCustom={false}
          options={[
            "1:1",
            { value: "4:5", disabled: true },
            "3:2",
            { value: "4:3", disabled: true },
            "16:9",
            "9:16",
            { value: "21:9", disabled: true },
          ]}
        />
      </Labeled>
      <Labeled label="Custom size, snapped to multiples of 64">
        <AspectRatioPicker defaultValue="1920:1088" step={64} />
      </Labeled>
      <Labeled label="Disabled while generating">
        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-4">
          <AspectRatioPicker defaultValue="16:9" disabled />
          <AspectRatioPicker layout="popover" defaultValue="16:9" disabled />
        </div>
      </Labeled>
    </div>
  )
}

const VIEWS = [AspectRatioPickerDemo, AspectRatioPickerStates]

const VIEW_MS = 2200

const FIT_CSS = "html,body{overflow:hidden}[data-fit-small] [data-fit-hide]{display:none!important}"

/**
 * 21st shows a demo in a small frame: about 674 by 421 on a component page, 358 by 224 on a
 * phone and 245 by 139 on a profile card. A demo taller than its frame gets scrollbars, which
 * render white on dark pages. FitFrame fills the frame exactly instead.
 *
 * - "scale": the content shrinks until it fits, centered. For visuals such as orbs.
 * - "crop": the content stays at full size from the top and fades out at the bottom. For text
 *   that streams in, where a changing scale would make the page breathe.
 *
 * `minWidth` lays out a wide demo (a table, a two column panel) at that width and scales it down
 * to the frame, instead of letting it collapse to a narrow layout. The frame centers it, so it
 * shrinks evenly on both sides.
 *
 * Anything marked `data-fit-hide` (state buttons, the chatcn.dev line) drops out in frames
 * shorter than `hideBelow`, so a profile card shows the visual alone.
 */
function FitFrame({
  children,
  mode = "scale",
  hideBelow = 360,
  minWidth,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
  mode?: "scale" | "crop"
  hideBelow?: number
  minWidth?: string
}) {
  const content = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
  const [cropped, setCropped] = React.useState(false)

  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
    const el = content.current
    if (!el) return
    const measure = () => {
      const vw = window.innerWidth
      const vh = window.innerHeight
      el.toggleAttribute("data-fit-small", vh < hideBelow)
      // Layout sizes ignore the transform, so measuring never feeds back.
      const w = Math.max(el.offsetWidth, el.scrollWidth)
      const h = Math.max(el.offsetHeight, el.scrollHeight)
      const scale = mode === "scale" ? Math.min(1, vw / w, vh / h) : 1
      el.style.transform = scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : ""
      setCropped(mode === "crop" && h > vh + 1)
    }
    measure()
    const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure)
    observer.observe(el)
    // Content that changes inside a fixed width box (a headline that cycles words) never resizes
    // the box itself, so changes below it measure again on the next frame.
    let frame = 0
    const mutations = new MutationObserver(() => {
      cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
      frame = requestAnimationFrame(measure)
    })
    mutations.observe(el, { subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true })
    window.addEventListener("resize", measure)
    return () => {
      observer.disconnect()
      mutations.disconnect()
      cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
      window.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
    }
  }, [mode, hideBelow])

  const fade = "linear-gradient(to bottom, #000 calc(100% - 40px), transparent)"
  return (
    <div
      className="flex w-full justify-center overflow-hidden"
      style={{
        height: "100dvh",
        alignItems: mode === "crop" ? "flex-start" : "center",
        maskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
        WebkitMaskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
      }}
    >
      <style>{FIT_CSS}</style>
      <div
        ref={content}
        className="w-full shrink-0"
        style={{ transformOrigin: mode === "crop" ? "top center" : "center", minWidth }}
      >
        {children}
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

/** The line under each 21st demo that points back to the kit. */
function MoreOn({ slug, children }: { slug: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <p data-fit-hide className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-faint) text-center text-balance">
      {children}{" "}
      <a
        href={`https://chatcn.dev/docs/components/${slug}`}
        target="_blank"
        rel="noopener"
        className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) underline underline-offset-2"
      >
        chatcn.dev
      </a>
    </p>
  )
}

/**
 * The kit's own examples, crossfading every couple of seconds. They share one grid cell, so the
 * frame keeps the size of the larger one and never rescales.
 */
export default function AspectRatioPickerPreview() {
  const [view, setView] = React.useState(0)
  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (reducedMotion()) return
    const id = window.setInterval(() => setView((v) => (v + 1) % VIEWS.length), VIEW_MS)
    return () => window.clearInterval(id)
  }, [])
  return (
    <FitFrame minWidth="36rem">
      <div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
        <div className="grid w-full max-w-2xl">
          {VIEWS.map((View, i) => (
            <div
              // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noArrayIndexKey: a fixed list.
              key={i}
              aria-hidden={i !== view}
              inert={i !== view}
              className="col-start-1 row-start-1 flex items-center justify-center transition-opacity duration-300"
              style={{ opacity: i === view ? 1 : 0 }}
            >
              <View />
            </div>
          ))}
        </div>
        <MoreOn slug="aspect-ratio-picker">Pick an aspect ratio for an image or video. On</MoreOn>
      </div>
    </FitFrame>
  )
}

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