Cropper.js is an easy to use JavaScript/jQuery plugin for image cropping with support of live previews and custom aspect ratio.
The plugin displays a resizable grid layer on a given image allowing to visually resize and crop the image. The primary features of Image Cropper Plugin:
- Fully responsive and mobile-friendly.
- Get/set data.
- Allows to move/zoom/rotate/scale images.
- Resize image
- Drag image from explorer
- Manipulate image size in bytes
- Cropping image
Live Demo

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How to Use
1. CSS
Add the css below to your html page
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.11.2/css/all.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/cropperjs/dist/cropper.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
2. HTML
Create a container where you want to render Image Cropping
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9">
<div class="img-container">
<img id="image" src="images/picture.jpg" alt="Picture">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="docs-preview clearfix">
<div class="img-preview preview-lg"></div>
<div class="img-preview preview-md"></div>
<div class="img-preview preview-sm"></div>
<div class="img-preview preview-xs"></div>
</div>
<div class="docs-data">
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataX">X</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataX" placeholder="x">
<span class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">px</span>
</span>
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataY">Y</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataY" placeholder="y">
<span class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">px</span>
</span>
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataWidth">Width</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataWidth" placeholder="width">
<span class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">px</span>
</span>
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataHeight">Height</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataHeight" placeholder="height">
<span class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">px</span>
</span>
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataRotate">Rotate</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataRotate" placeholder="rotate">
<span class="input-group-append">
<span class="input-group-text">deg</span>
</span>
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataScaleX">ScaleX</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataScaleX" placeholder="scaleX">
</div>
<div class="input-group input-group-sm">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<label class="input-group-text" for="dataScaleY">ScaleY</label>
</span>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="dataScaleY" placeholder="scaleY">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9 docs-buttons">
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="setDragMode" data-option="move" title="Move">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("setDragMode", "move")">
<span class="fa fa-arrows-alt"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="setDragMode" data-option="crop" title="Crop">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("setDragMode", "crop")">
<span class="fa fa-crop-alt"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="zoom" data-option="0.1" title="Zoom In">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("zoom", 0.1)">
<span class="fa fa-search-plus"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="zoom" data-option="-0.1" title="Zoom Out">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("zoom", -0.1)">
<span class="fa fa-search-minus"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="move" data-option="-10"
data-second-option="0" title="Move Left">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("move", -10, 0)">
<span class="fa fa-arrow-left"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="move" data-option="10" data-second-option="0"
title="Move Right">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("move", 10, 0)">
<span class="fa fa-arrow-right"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="move" data-option="0"
data-second-option="-10" title="Move Up">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("move", 0, -10)">
<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="move" data-option="0" data-second-option="10"
title="Move Down">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("move", 0, 10)">
<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="rotate" data-option="-45"
title="Rotate Left">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("rotate", -45)">
<span class="fa fa-undo-alt"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="rotate" data-option="45"
title="Rotate Right">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("rotate", 45)">
<span class="fa fa-redo-alt"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="scaleX" data-option="-1"
title="Flip Horizontal">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("scaleX", -1)">
<span class="fa fa-arrows-alt-h"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="scaleY" data-option="-1"
title="Flip Vertical">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("scaleY", -1)">
<span class="fa fa-arrows-alt-v"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="crop" title="Crop">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("crop")">
<span class="fa fa-check"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="clear" title="Clear">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("clear")">
<span class="fa fa-times"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="disable" title="Disable">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("disable")">
<span class="fa fa-lock"></span>
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="enable" title="Enable">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("enable")">
<span class="fa fa-unlock"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="reset" title="Reset">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("reset")">
<span class="fa fa-sync-alt"></span>
</span>
</button>
<label class="btn btn-primary btn-upload" for="inputImage" title="Upload image file">
<input type="file" class="sr-only" id="inputImage" name="file"
accept=".jpg,.jpeg,.png,.gif,.bmp,.tiff">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="Import image with Blob URLs">
<span class="fa fa-upload"></span>
</span>
</label>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-method="destroy" title="Destroy">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("destroy")">
<span class="fa fa-power-off"></span>
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="btn-group btn-group-crop">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success" data-method="getCroppedCanvas"
data-option="{ "maxWidth": 4096, "maxHeight": 4096 }">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getCroppedCanvas", { maxWidth: 4096, maxHeight: 4096 })">
Get Cropped Canvas
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success" data-method="getCroppedCanvas"
data-option="{ "width": 160, "height": 90 }">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getCroppedCanvas", { width: 160, height: 90 })">
160×90
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success" data-method="getCroppedCanvas"
data-option="{ "width": 320, "height": 180 }">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getCroppedCanvas", { width: 320, height: 180 })">
320×180
</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="modal fade docs-cropped" id="getCroppedCanvasModal" aria-hidden="true"
aria-labelledby="getCroppedCanvasTitle" role="dialog" tabindex="-1">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<h5 class="modal-title" id="getCroppedCanvasTitle">Cropped</h5>
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="modal-body"></div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
<a class="btn btn-primary" id="download" href="javascript:void(0);"
download="cropped.jpg">Download</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="getData" data-option data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getData")">
Get Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="setData" data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("setData", data)">
Set Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="getContainerData" data-option
data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getContainerData")">
Get Container Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="getImageData" data-option
data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getImageData")">
Get Image Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="getCanvasData" data-option
data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getCanvasData")">
Get Canvas Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="setCanvasData" data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("setCanvasData", data)">
Set Canvas Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="getCropBoxData" data-option
data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("getCropBoxData")">
Get Crop Box Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="setCropBoxData" data-target="#putData">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false"
title="$().cropper("setCropBoxData", data)">
Set Crop Box Data
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="moveTo" data-option="0">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="cropper.moveTo(0)">
Move to [0,0]
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="zoomTo" data-option="1">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="cropper.zoomTo(1)">
Zoom to 100%
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="rotateTo" data-option="180">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="cropper.rotateTo(180)">
Rotate 180°
</span>
</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-method="scale" data-option="-2"
data-second-option="-1">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" title="cropper.scale(-2, -1)">
Scale (-2, -1)
</span>
</button>
<textarea type="text" class="form-control" id="putData"
placeholder="Get data to here or set data with this value"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3 docs-toggles">
<div class="btn-group d-flex flex-nowrap" data-toggle="buttons">
<label class="btn btn-primary active">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="aspectRatio0" name="aspectRatio" value="1.7777777777777777">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="aspectRatio: 16 / 9">
16:9
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="aspectRatio1" name="aspectRatio" value="1.3333333333333333">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="aspectRatio: 4 / 3">
4:3
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="aspectRatio2" name="aspectRatio" value="1">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="aspectRatio: 1 / 1">
1:1
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="aspectRatio3" name="aspectRatio" value="0.6666666666666666">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="aspectRatio: 2 / 3">
2:3
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="aspectRatio4" name="aspectRatio" value="NaN">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="aspectRatio: NaN">
Free
</span>
</label>
</div>
<div class="btn-group d-flex flex-nowrap" data-toggle="buttons">
<label class="btn btn-primary active">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="viewMode0" name="viewMode" value="0" checked>
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="View Mode 0">
VM0
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="viewMode1" name="viewMode" value="1">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="View Mode 1">
VM1
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="viewMode2" name="viewMode" value="2">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="View Mode 2">
VM2
</span>
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" class="sr-only" id="viewMode3" name="viewMode" value="3">
<span class="docs-tooltip" data-toggle="tooltip" data-animation="false" title="View Mode 3">
VM3
</span>
</label>
</div>
<div class="dropdown dropup docs-options">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-block dropdown-toggle" id="toggleOptions"
data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="true">
Toggle Options
<span class="caret"></span>
</button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="toggleOptions" role="menu">
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="responsive" type="checkbox" name="responsive" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="responsive">responsive</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="restore" type="checkbox" name="restore" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="restore">restore</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="checkCrossOrigin" type="checkbox"
name="checkCrossOrigin" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="checkCrossOrigin">checkCrossOrigin</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="checkOrientation" type="checkbox"
name="checkOrientation" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="checkOrientation">checkOrientation</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="modal" type="checkbox" name="modal" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="modal">modal</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="guides" type="checkbox" name="guides" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="guides">guides</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="center" type="checkbox" name="center" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="center">center</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="highlight" type="checkbox" name="highlight" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="highlight">highlight</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="background" type="checkbox" name="background" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="background">background</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="autoCrop" type="checkbox" name="autoCrop" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="autoCrop">autoCrop</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="movable" type="checkbox" name="movable" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="movable">movable</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="rotatable" type="checkbox" name="rotatable" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="rotatable">rotatable</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="scalable" type="checkbox" name="scalable" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="scalable">scalable</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="zoomable" type="checkbox" name="zoomable" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="zoomable">zoomable</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="zoomOnTouch" type="checkbox" name="zoomOnTouch" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="zoomOnTouch">zoomOnTouch</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="zoomOnWheel" type="checkbox" name="zoomOnWheel" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="zoomOnWheel">zoomOnWheel</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="cropBoxMovable" type="checkbox" name="cropBoxMovable"
checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="cropBoxMovable">cropBoxMovable</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="cropBoxResizable" type="checkbox"
name="cropBoxResizable" checked>
<label class="form-check-label" for="cropBoxResizable">cropBoxResizable</label>
</div>
</li>
<li class="dropdown-item">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" id="toggleDragModeOnDblclick" type="checkbox"
name="toggleDragModeOnDblclick" checked>
<label class="form-check-label"
for="toggleDragModeOnDblclick">toggleDragModeOnDblclick</label>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
3. Javascript
Load jQuery library together with the Image Cropper library into your code
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous">
</script>
<script src="https://fengyuanchen.github.io/shared/google-analytics.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/cropperjs/dist/cropper.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="js/jquery-cropper.js"></script>
<script src="js/main.js"></script>
Source Code
DownloadFor more Advanced Usages, please check the demo page or visit the official website.