How do I keep div a certain ratio, but give it a max size?

Question

I'm trying to keep a div element a specific ratio (say, 1:2), but keep the width less than 200px.

What I've got so far:

div {
    width: 100%;
    height: 0;
    padding-bottom: 50%;
    max-width: 200px;
}

It doesn't work - if I expand the window, the width stops expanding at 200px but the height keeps growing!

I've tried setting box-sizing: border-box and max-height: 100px, but neither work.

What should I do?

Here's a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/WVu3s/

Answer 1

Here is a pure CSS solution based on the code from this post but with some minor changes:

HTML

<div class = "box">
    <div class = "content">Ratio 1:2</div>
</div>

CSS

/* Box styles */
.box {
 width: 100%;
 position: relative;
 display: inline-block;
 max-width:200px; /* max width of the box */
}

.box:after {
    padding-top: 50%; /*1:2 ratio*/
    display: block;
    content: '';
}

/* Style that should be applied to the box content */
.content {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-color: green;
}

And here is a demo