The flex property

The flex property is shorthand for flex-basis, flex-shrink and flex-grow.

It applies to: a specific flex block.

The order doesn't matter. The second and third parameters (flex-shrink, flex-basis) are optional.

Values

See corresponding properties.

Default value: 0 1 auto.

Example

Let us have 3 elements. The width of each of them is 200px and a total of 600px, which is greater than the width of the parent container, which is 300px. Let's assign a width of 200px for the first element, 300px for the second element, and 100px for the third element. For all elements, let the value of flex-basis be equal to 1, and flex-shrink - 1, 2, 3 in accordance with the index number of the element:

html<div class="parent">
  <div class="child elem1">1</div>
  <div class="child elem2">2</div>
  <div class="child elem2">3</div>
</div>

css.parent {
  display: flex;
  width: 350px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 1px solid red;
}
.child {
  width: 200px;
  height: 50px;
  border: 1px solid green;
}
.elem1 {
  flex: 200px 1 1;
}
.elem2 {
  flex: 300px 1 2;
}
.elem3 {
  flex: 100px 1 3;
}

Результат:

See also