A Complete Guide To Flexbox

What is Flexbox?

This is a way of designing, aligning items and distributing surplus space.

Flex stands for flexibility, adaptability. Thus, flexible layout elements are flexible boxes. The ability to fill extra areas without using javascript is one of the key advantages of flexbox.

Flexbox is a one-dimensional layout approach that allows you to arrange things in rows or columns.

CSS flexbox is superior for horizontal and vertical alignment of objects within the section, even if their size is unknown and/or dynamic.

Flexbox = Flexible + Box

Flex Browser & Layout Support:

By September 2020, CSS Flexible Box Layouts are supported by 98.69% of the installed browsers, or by 99.29% of the desktop and 100% of mobile.

All desktop/mobile/tablet browsers with the newest version support, in addition to the IE 11 desktop browser. Partial support is provided in the IE 11 desktop browser.

Flex CSS Syntax:

div { display: flex; } => [ div: Selector | display: Property | flex: Value ]

Flexbox Example With Different Requirement:

Main axis: Main axis stands for a flex container as the primary axis, all flex items are managed with the main axis.

Main-start | main-end: The flex items are placed within the container starting on the main-start side and going toward the main-end side.

Main size | main size property: The width or height of a flex container or flex item, whichever is in the main dimension, is that box’s main size.

Cross axis: The axis perpendicular to the main axis is called the cross axis. It extends in the cross dimension.

Cross-start | cross-end: Flex lines are filled with items and placed into the container starting on the cross-start side of the flex container and going toward the cross-end side.

Cross size: Cross size defines all flex items vertical heights

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Flex Property Index:

Not Supported CSS Property in Flexbox:

In the context of Flexbox Layout, some characteristics designed to assume the block layout don’t apply.

CSS Property not supported:

The column* properties in the Specific[CSS3 col-*] Multi-column Layout module has no impact on a flex container.

Float and clear have no effect and do not take off-flow on the flex item. The float property may, however, still affect the flex box.

A flex item has no vertical-align effect.

the ::first-line and ::first-letter pseudo-elements do not apply to flex containers, and flex containers do not contribute a first formatted line or first letter to their ancestors.

Wrapping up

Over the next few years there will still be handy floats, tables and all other strategies for layouting dead soon. Each member of this “family of layout tools” nonetheless has some limitations in developing layouts. These drawbacks stem from standards which did not anticipate the layouts of today. That is why Flexbox comes in handy.