David Hucklesby composed on 2014-11-06 08:42 (UTC-0800):
> Itâs not unlikely I am wet behind the ears, but I thought max-width simply
> prevented the image from expanding to its natural size in smaller containers.
> AFAIK the image will not stretch.
It may depend on how astutely it's used. I can see the following in the
context of much more complex CSS & HTML causing some head scratching:
#imghldr {
max-width: 100%;
width: 40rem;
background-color: #CBB;
padding: 1rem;
border: .5rem solid #BBC;}
#myimage {
width: 48rem;
background-color: #BCB;
padding: .5rem;}
<body>
<div id="imghldr">
<img id="myimage"
src="http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/Suse/YaST/131/yast2-131-softpatterns-1200.png";>
</div>
</body>
http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/Tmp/tstimg.html
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