NEXT Image: Shrinking inside flexbox with tailwind - css

Question

I am using NEXT Image component to Fit in with a flex box without shrinking. However, based on the content that is there in the other element, it keeps shrinking:
Here's my code:
import React from 'react';
import Image from 'next/image';
type Props = {
imageUrl?: string;
senderName: string;
newMessageCount?: number;
latestMessage: string;
};
export default function MessageBox({
imageUrl,
senderName,
newMessageCount,
latestMessage,
}: Props) {
const isNewMessageDefined = newMessageCount ? true : false;
const newMsgValue =
latestMessage.length > 80
? `${latestMessage.slice(0, 80)}...`
: latestMessage;
return (
<div className='flex w-full gap-2' aria-label='Funfuse-Message-Container'>
<Image
alt='Message Image'
src={imageUrl ?? '/funfuse/avatar-02.jpg'}
className='rounded-full shadow-lg shrink-0 shadow-indigo-500/50'
height={80}
width={80}
objectFit='cover'
objectPosition='center'
/>
<div className='flex flex-col'>
<div
aria-label='Funfuse-Message-Header'
className='flex flex-row items-center gap-2'>
<h2 className='text-xl text-black'>{senderName ?? 'John Doe'}</h2>
{isNewMessageDefined && (
<div className='h-[1.2rem] w-[1.2rem] rounded-full relative bg-funfuse'>
<label className='absolute text-xs text-white transform -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 top-1/2 left-1/2'>
{newMessageCount}
</label>
</div>
)}
</div>
<div aria-label='Funfuse-Message-Body'>
<label className='text-sm font-semibold text-gray-400'>
{newMsgValue}
</label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
);
}
Can someone help me identify how to prevent this issue as I always want my image to be of the size and never shrink. I tried using the property: flex-shrink: 0 but that didn't work too.

Answer 1

it may be because of the layout attribute in the default Image tag is responsive, it reduces its size when it reduces the width of the parent.
Set the layout fixed to keep the width of the image fixed.
Here you can read more about next/image: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/image
return (
<div className='flex w-full gap-2' aria-label='Funfuse-Message-Container'>
<Image
alt='Message Image'
src={imageUrl ?? '/funfuse/avatar-02.jpg'}
className='rounded-full shadow-lg shrink-0 shadow-indigo-500/50'
height={80}
layout="fixed"
width={80}
objectFit='cover'
objectPosition='center'
/>
<div className='flex flex-col'>
<div
aria-label='Funfuse-Message-Header'
className='flex flex-row items-center gap-2'>
<h2 className='text-xl text-black'>{senderName ?? 'John Doe'}</h2>
{isNewMessageDefined && (
<div className='h-[1.2rem] w-[1.2rem] rounded-full relative bg-funfuse'>
<label className='absolute text-xs text-white transform -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 top-1/2 left-1/2'>
{newMessageCount}
</label>
</div>
)}
</div>
<div aria-label='Funfuse-Message-Body'>
<label className='text-sm font-semibold text-gray-400'>
{newMsgValue}
</label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
);