March 1Mar 1 Administrators CSS Flex Items CSS Flex Items The direct child elements of a flex container automatically becomes flex items. Flex items can have the following properties: order - Specifies the display order of the flex items inside the flex container flex-grow - Specifies how much a flex item will grow relative to the rest of the flex items flex-shrink - Specifies how much a flex item will shrink relative to the rest of the flex items flex-basis - Specifies the initial length of a flex item flex - Shorthand property for flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis align-self - Specifies the alignment for the flex item inside the flex container CSS order Property The order property specifies the display order of the flex items inside the flex container. The first flex item in the source code does not have to appear as the first item in the layout. The order value must be a number, and the default value is 0. Example The order value specifies the display order of the flex items: <div class="flex-container"> <div style="order: 3">1</div> <div style="order: 2">2</div> <div style="order: 4">3</div> <div style="order: 1">4</div></div> Result: 1 2 3 4 Try it Yourself » CSS flex-grow Property The flex-grow property specifies how much a flex item will grow relative to the rest of the flex items. The value must be a number, and the default value is 0. Example Make the third flex item grow four times faster than the other flex items: <div class="flex-container"> <div style="flex-grow: 1">1</div> <div style="flex-grow: 1">2</div> <div style="flex-grow: 4">3</div> </div> Result: 1 2 3 Try it Yourself » CSS flex-shrink Property The flex-shrink property specifies how much a flex item will shrink relative to the rest of the flex items. The value must be a number, and the default value is 1. Example Let the third flex item shrink twice as much as the other flex items: <div class="flex-container"> <div>1</div> <div>2</div> <div style="flex-shrink: 2">3</div> <div>4</div> <div>5</div> <div>6</div></div> Result: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Try it Yourself » CSS flex-basis Property The flex-basis property specifies the initial length of a flex item. Example Set the initial length of the third flex item to 250 pixels: <div class="flex-container"> <div>1</div> <div>2</div> <div style="flex-basis: 250px">3</div> <div>4</div></div> Result: 1 2 3 4 Try it Yourself » CSS flex Property The flex property is a shorthand property for the flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis properties. Example Make the third flex item growable (1), not shrinkable (0), and with an initial length of 150 pixels: <div class="flex-container"> <div>1</div> <div>2</div> <div style="flex: 1 0 150px">3</div> <div>4</div></div> Try it Yourself » CSS align-self Property The align-self property specifies the alignment for the selected item inside the flexible container. This property overrides the default alignment set by the container's align-items property. In these examples we use a 200 pixels high container, to better demonstrate the align-self property: Example Align the third flex item in the middle of the container: <div class="flex-container"> <div>1</div> <div>2</div> <div style="align-self: center">3</div> <div>4</div></div> Result: 1 2 3 4 Try it Yourself » Example Align the second flex item at the top of the container, and the third flex item at the bottom of the container: <div class="flex-container"> <div>1</div> <div style="align-self: flex-start">2</div> <div style="align-self: flex-end">3</div> <div>4</div></div> Result: 1 2 3 4 Try it Yourself » The CSS Flex Items Properties The following table lists all the CSS Flex Items properties: Property Description align-self Specifies the alignment for a flex item (overrides the flex container's align-items property) flex A shorthand property for the flex-grow, flex-shrink, and the flex-basis properties flex-basis Specifies the initial length of a flex item flex-grow Specifies how much a flex item will grow relative to the rest of the flex items inside the container flex-shrink Specifies how much a flex item will shrink relative to the rest of the flex items inside the container order Specifies the order of the flex items inside the container ★ +1 Sign in to track progress
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