Tailwind css fixed width not working with other element in flex - tailwind-css

Question

I have to place two column side by side. One of these columns has a fixed width. I am really trying hard to understand why the fixed width in one column is not working on Tailwind CSS flexbox.
I have the following code:
<div class="flex flex-row justify-between items-start shrink-0">
<p class="mt-4 h-14 overflow-hidden leading-7">This title pushed back the next element</p>
<div class="p-1 w-16 h-16 text-white text-center">
<p class="text-sm">05</p>
<p class="text-3xl leading-none font-bold">JUNE</p>
</div>
</div>
Tailwind Version: 3.0.23
Output:
Inspect Element:
Expected output:

Answer 1

Actually when using flex , it shrinks itself if not explicitly specified for responsive design
Refer the tailwind flex-shrink documentation https://tailwindcss.com/docs/flex-shrink
It says to use the flex-shrink-0 css property i.e shrink-0 class to avoid the width from being shrinked due to variable width size.
So code should look like:
<div className="flex flex-row justify-between items-start">
<p className="mt-4 h-14 overflow-hidden leading-7">
This title pushed back the next element and this is the long text to
check the overflow of the text and lets see if this actually works
</p>
<div className="p-1 w-16 h-16 text-white text-center shrink-0 bg-purple-500">
<p class="text-sm">JUN</p>
<p class="text-3xl leading-none font-bold">05</p>
</div>
And the output looks like :

Answer 2

<div class="flex flex-row justify-between items-start shrink-0">
<p class="mt-4 h-14 w-[70%] overflow-hidden leading-7">This title pushed back the next element</p>
<div class="p-1 w-[15%] h-16 text-white text-center">
<p class="text-sm">05</p>
<p class="text-3xl leading-none font-bold">JUNE</p>
</div>
</div>
Maybe like this work

Answer 3

You can simply use flex properties here while keeping the width same.
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
<div class="flex flex-row justify-between items-start ">
<div>
<p class="py-2 px-2 h-14 overflow-hidden leading-6">This title pushed back the next element
his title pushed back the next element.</p>
</div>
<div class="px-2 w-16 h-16 mr-2 text-white bg-purple-500 text-center">
<p class="text-sm">June</p>
<p class="text-3xl leading-none font-bold">05</p>
</div>
</div>