Flexbox With flexbox it’s a single declaration: .row { display: flex; /* equal height of the children */ } .col { flex: 1; /* additionally, equal width */ padding: 1em; border: solid; } <div class=”row”> <div class=”col”>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.</div> <div class=”col”>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ad omnis … Read more
The Problem In some browsers the <button> element doesn’t accept changes to its display value, beyond switching between block and inline-block. This means that a <button> element cannot be a flex or grid container, or a <table>, either. In addition to <button> elements, you may find this constraint applying to <fieldset> and <legend> elements, as … Read more
Yes, it is possible. Leave the sibling setting the max height alone and set the others’ flex-basis: 0 and flex-grow: 1, which according to the spec will expand them to their sibling’s height. No absolute positioning. No setting height on any elements. main { display: flex; } section { display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: 7em; … Read more
Bootstrap 5 (update 2021) In Bootstrap 5 (see this question), ml-auto has been replaced with ms-auto to represent start instead of left. Since the Navbar is still based on flexbox, auto margins OR flexbox utility classes are still used to align Navbar content. For example, use me-auto… <nav class=”navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light”> <div class=”container-fluid”> <a … Read more
Consider flex-direction The first thing that comes to mind when reading your question is that flex-basis doesn’t always apply to width. When flex-direction is row, flex-basis controls width. But when flex-direction is column, flex-basis controls height. Key Differences Here are some important differences between flex-basis and width / height: flex-basis applies only to flex items. … Read more
The Problem This looks like a fundamental deficiency in flex layout. A flex container in column-direction will not expand to accommodate additional columns. (This is not a problem in flex-direction: row.) This question has been asked many times (see list below), with no clean answers in CSS. It’s hard to pin this as a bug … Read more
Make it simple : DEMO section { display: flex; flex-flow: column; height: 300px; } header { background: tomato; /* no flex rules, it will grow */ } div { flex: 1; /* 1 and it will fill whole space left if no flex value are set to other children*/ background: gold; overflow: auto; } footer … Read more
You need to consider flex-shrink. As you can read here: The flex-shrink CSS property specifies the flex shrink factor of a flex item. Flex items will shrink to fill the container according to the flex-shrink number, when the default size of flex items is larger than the flex container. body { margin: 0; } * … Read more
The Problem Flexbox makes centering very easy. By simply applying align-items: center and justify-content: center to the flex container, your flex item(s) will be vertically and horizontally centered. However, there is a problem with this method when the flex item is bigger than the flex container. As noted in the question, when the flex item … Read more
Flexbox is a CSS3 technology. This means it’s relatively new and some browsers don’t provide full support for flex properties. Here’s a run-down: IE 8 and 9 do not support flexbox. If you’re wanting to use flex properties in these browsers, don’t bother wasting your time. A flexbox polyfill made the rounds for a while, … Read more