CSS Flex Container Properties
The flex container element can have the following properties:
display- Must be set toflexorinline-flexflex-direction- Sets the display-direction of flex itemsflex-wrap- Specifies whether the flex items should wrap or notflex-flow- Shorthand property forflex-directionandflex-wrapjustify-content- Aligns the flex items when they do not use all available space on the main-axis (horizontally)align-items- Aligns the flex items when they do not use all available space on the cross-axis (vertically)align-content- Aligns the flex lines when there is extra space in the cross axis and flex items wrap
CSS flex-direction Property
The flex-direction property specifies the display-direction of flex items in the flex container.
This property can have one of the following values:
row(default)columnrow-reversecolumn-reverse
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
}
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row-reverse;
}
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column-reverse;
}
CSS flex-wrap Property
The flex-wrap property specifies whether the flex items should wrap or not, if there is not enough room for them on one flex line.
This property can have one of the following values:
nowrap(default)wrapwrap-reverse
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
}
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap-reverse;
}
CSS flex-flow Property
The flex-flow property is a shorthand property for setting both the flex-direction and flex-wrap properties.
Example
.flex-container {
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
}
Flex Container Subpages
Continue learning about flex container properties:
- justify-content - horizontal alignment of flex items
- align-items & align-content - vertical alignment and true centering