I am trying to have a number of items underneath each other in a container with a set height. Items will then carry on next to each other if there's no space left.
This is the idea:
I am trying to achieve this using flexbox, a container with a set height, direction is set to column and flex-wrap is wrap:
The issue is that there are wide gaps between the columns.
I tried setting both justify-content and align-items to flex-start, but that is probably the default value.
Is there any way to solve this?
Here is the code:
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
.container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
height: 300px;
flex-direction: column;
background-color: #ccc;
}
.items {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: tomato;
color: white;
font-size: 60px;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
padding: 15px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="items">1</div>
<div class="items">2</div>
<div class="items">3</div>
<div class="items">4</div>
<div class="items">5</div>
</div>
codepen
An initial setting of a flex container is align-content: stretch.
This means that multiple lines of flex items will be distributed evenly along the cross axis.
To override this behavior, apply align-content: flex-start to the container.
When you're working in a single-line flex container (i.e., flex-wrap: nowrap), the properties to use to distribute space along the cross axis are align-items and align-self.
When you're working in a multi-line flex container (i.e., flex-wrap: wrap) – like in the question – the property to use to distribute flex lines (rows / columns) along the cross axis is align-content.
From the spec:
8.3. Cross-axis Alignment: the align-items and align-self properties
align-items sets the default alignment for all of the flex container’s items, including anonymous flex items. align-self allows this default alignment to be overridden for individual flex items.
8.4. Packing Flex Lines: the align-content
property
The align-content property aligns a flex container’s lines within the
flex container when there is extra space in the cross-axis, similar to
how justify-content aligns individual items within the main-axis.
Note, this property has no effect on a single-line flex container.
The align-content property takes six values:
flex-start
flex-end
center
space-between
space-around
stretch
Here's the definition for stretch:
stretch
Lines stretch to take up the remaining space. If the leftover free-space is negative, this value is identical to flex-start. Otherwise, the free-space is split equally between all of the lines, increasing their cross size.
In other words, align-content: stretch on the cross axis is similar to flex: 1 on the main axis.
Related
I have a grid of product tiles I'm displaying with flex to be equal height based on this codepen: https://codepen.io/imohkay/pen/gpard
They are 3-wide. However, on the last "row" when there is only 2 tiles left, the last tile gets pushed to the right as if there were 3 tiles. I can't figure out the right css setting to make it be in the second column.
Screenshot: https://pasteboard.co/Hk699jP.png
#products {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
flex-wrap: wrap;
align-content: stretch;
}
.product {
width: 33.3%;
}
They're pushed from each-other because you're using the space-between option on the justify-content property.
Either change space-between to flex-start or switch the display to a grid layout.
Fiddle (flex-box https://jsfiddle.net/swordys/db7dzkcx)
Fiddle (grid https://jsfiddle.net/swordys/65cyr3tu/)
I'm fairly new to flexbox, and can't figure out how to do what I'm trying. I'd like for the repeated content to stack horizontally to the right. I would like the items to shrink to fit the width of the content (if the title/report id text is longer/shorter). I'm trying to make the red box only as wide as the content and stack to the right. The purple box(container) is flex. It seems like the red div is the culprit that I can't figure out. I've tried converting to inline-block and played with the flex-grow and flex-shrink, but nothing seems to work for me. There might be a style somewhere else in the project that is competing, but not sure what to look for if that's the case...
Styles of the purple container div:
line-height: 1.5;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
max-height: 22.8125rem;
padding-bottom: .5rem;
margin-bottom: 1rem;
background-color: #394b54;
flex-basis: 100%;
-webkit-box-flex: 1;
flex-grow: 1;
I'd like for the repeated content to stack horizontally to the right
Use the default flex-direction: row.
I would like the items to shrink to fit the width of the content
Use the default flex-grow: 0 and flex-basis: content.
See this fiddle.
I have a flex layout with flex-direction:column inside a container with height: 100vh. My flex layout container (the blue one) has to take the full height (height:100%) of the main container.
Given this context now I want to avoid flex elements overflow on the right when the viewport height is too small to contain all the elements.
So I want that all the viewport is blue and all my red elements inside the blue stay into a column.
I tried to set min-height:100vh , it works for letting have all my items in column but awkwardly my blue flex layout container no loger takes the full 100% height.
I can't change the html structure.
In .search-form {...} replace height: 100%; with min-height: 100%; so that it's allowed to grow larger than 100%.
Fiddle here
Given this context now I want to avoid flex elements overflow on the
right when the viewport height is too small to contain all the
elements.
So I want that all the viewport is blue and all my red elements inside
the blue stay into a column.
In the flex container (.flex-row) change flex-wrap: wrap to flex-wrap: nowrap.
.flex-row {
width: 100%;
display: flex;
/* flex-wrap: wrap; REMOVE */
flex-wrap: nowrap; /* NEW */
justify-content: space-around;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
}
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/hxknmzfd/2/
flex-wrap
The CSS flex-wrap property specifies whether flex items are forced
into a single line or can be wrapped onto multiple lines.
This question already has answers here:
Can't scroll to top of flex item that is overflowing container
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HTML:
<div id="container">
<div class="item">Foo</div>
<div class="item">Bar</div>
</div>
CSS:
#container {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
overflow: auto;
}
.item {
flex-grow: 1;
min-width: 200px;
max-width: 300px;
}
When the above container shrinks to less than 400px, a horizontal scroll bar appears as expected. However, the first item becomes partially obscured by the left edge of the container, even when scrolled all the way to the left. As the container shrinks, more of the item is obscured.
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/FTKcQ/. Resize result frame to observe. Tested in Chrome 30 and Firefox 24.
If justify-content is changed from center to to any other value (e.g. space-between), then all content is visible by scrolling. Why do centered items behave differently?
The goal here is to have a row of centered items, each of which will grow in width between some range. If the container cannot fit all minimal-width items, it should scroll to display them all.
According to MDN (Flex item considerations), this behavior is expected for now:
Flexbox's alignment properties do "true" centering, unlike other centering methods in CSS. This means that the flex items will stay centered, even if they overflow the flex container. This can sometimes be problematic, however, if they overflow past the top edge of the page, or the left edge, as you can't scroll to that area, even if there is content there! In a future release, the alignment properties will be extended to have a "safe" option as well.
For now, if this is a concern, you can instead use margins to achieve centering, as they'll respond in a "safe" way and stop centering if they overflow. Instead of using the align- properties, just put auto margins on the flex items you wish to center. Instead of the justify- properties, put auto margins on the outside edges of the first and last flex items in the flex container.
So, you can achieve then expected result, using margins for alignment. Just add margin-left: auto for first item and margin-right:auto for last.
My demo: http://jsfiddle.net/WFxQk/
try with style sheet
#container {
background-color: green;
display: flex;
/* justify-content: center */ ;
align-items: center;
overflow: auto;
}
.item {
background-color: white;
border: 1px solid black;
flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 1;
flex-basis: auto;
min-width: 200px;
max-width: 300px;
margin: auto;
}
I removed justify-content, making it to the default flex-start. And, added margin:auto which seems that it makes center alignment.
Updated Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/FTKcQ/1/
I have a flexbox with a single item. This item is horizontally and vertically centered. When the item grows taller than its container it overflows equally at the top and the bottom of the container. I would like it to only overflow at the bottom, and remain anchored at the top. Any ideas?
http://codepen.io/wilsonpage/pen/LzryK (view in Chrome Canary for latest Flexbox)
Under the standard Flexbox draft, a single flex item can be vertically and horizontally centered by using margin: auto. You'll want to use this instead of the align-items property:
http://codepen.io/cimmanon/pen/EJdvn
section {
display: flex;
justify-content: center; /* you can remove this here, but its not hurting anything */
/* remove align-items */
height: 80%;
margin: 5% 0;
background: green;
}
div {
margin: auto; /* add */
}
Try setting the following on the flex item:
align-self: flex-start;