Flex items with right aligned static items on first row - css

I want to use flex to make a responsive section with static items aligned right on first row. The static items will occupy variable space on the first row (the static items will be different size in different layout thus it is variable space), the other items should avoid overlap the static items and auto wrap to second row when first row do not have enough space.
Expected result:
Screen width: 768px
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|[Item 1] [Item 2] [Item 3] [Static Item 1] [Static Item 2]|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Screen Width: 320px
|-------------------------------------------|
|[Item 1] [Static Item 1] [Static Item 2]|
|[Item 2] [Item 3] |
|-------------------------------------------|
I tried following code but the static item cannot cannot keep at first line
.flex {
display: flex;
border: 1px solid black;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.item {
display: inline-flex;
border: 1px solid blue;
margin: 5px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.static {
margin-left: auto;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
display: inline-flex;
}
<div class="flex">
<div class="item">Dynamic Item 1</div>
<div class="item">Dynamic Item 2</div>
<div class="item">Dynamic Item 3</div>
<div class="static">
<div class="item">Static Item 1</div>
<div class="item">Static Item 2</div>
</div>
</div>

I have idea with float and use with inline-block if you didn't want flex style
Main factor is...
display:inline-block on item
float:right on static item
In this example you can resized div box to test responsive ; )
.container{
display:block;
border: 2px solid;
resize: both;
overflow: auto;
background-color: yellow;
}
.item{
display:inline-block;
background-color: blue;
margin: 10px 10px;
}
.item.static{
float:right;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="item static">item5</div>
<div class="item static">item4</div>
<div class="item">item1</div>
<div class="item">item2</div>
<div class="item">item3</div>
</div>

You could try to combine a flexbox with two inline-flexboxes. The outer flexbox will align both boxes inside to the edges. On smaller screens only the first one will wrap.
.wrapper {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.item {
display: inline-flex;
}
.static-items {
display: inline-flex;
justify-content: flex-end;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
}
.item {
width: 100px;
height: 20px;
margin: 2px;
background-color: orange;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="items">
<div class="item">
Item 1
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 2
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 3
</div>
</div>
<div class="static-items">
<div class="item">
Static Item 1
</div>
<div class="item">
Static Item 2
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br/>

Try this
<section class="row">
<section class="group">
<item1 />
<item2 />
<item3 />
</section>
<section class="group">
<item4 />
<item5 />
</section>
</section>
CSS
.row{
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between
}

Related

Make flex children width the same and also fit-content

My scenario
I have these two flex containers (the difficulty options and the max-score options):
I want the 'easy', 'medium' and 'hard' button to share the same width, but also to fit they're content (in this case, because 'medium' is the longest, they should all equal its width).
I want the same behavior with the bottom buttons (but for them to have a smaller width since they need to accommodate for smaller content).
Right now the flex containers for both of them is set to:
display: flex;
flex-direction: wrap;
flex-wrap: wrap;
And the flex children are each set to their default flex values, with a set height and an auto width.
Approaches I've tried
First approach - flex-basis and flex-grow
Setting the children to flex-basis: 0 and flex-grow: 1, as I've seen in past questions, but then my wrapped child fills the entire width, and the top buttons aren't the same width:
Second approach - -- hardcoded flex-basis
Setting all children to flex-basis: 90px (90px to accommodate for the biggest button, 'medium') which does make them all the same width, but then the width is fixed and doesn't adjust to only fit the content (specifically this is desired so the score buttons can fit in two rows instead of three).
Third approach - max-width
The closest I've got to is to set the children to:
```
max-width: 90px;
flex-basis: 0;
flex-grow: 1;
```
Which makes them behave as wanted:
But when the screen width shrinks, the buttons start to differ in width (the obvious one is the '200' button bigger than the other scores, but also 'medium' is bigger than 'easy' and 'hard'):
My code:
.flex-col,
.flex-row {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 4px;
justify-content: center;
}
.flex-col {
flex-direction: column;
}
.flex-row {
flex-direction: row;
}
.button {
border-style: solid;
padding: 4px;
}
.parent {
height: auto;
width: auto;
}
<div class="parent flex-col">
<div class="flex-col">
<div class="flex-row">
DIFFICULTY
</div>
<div class="flex-row">
<div class="button">EASY</div>
<div class="button">MEDIUM</div>
<div class="button">HARD</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex-col">
<div class="flex-row">
MAX SCORE
</div>
<div class="flex-row">
<div class="button">50</div>
<div class="button">75</div>
<div class="button">100</div>
<div class="button">150</div>
<div class="button">200</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Help appreciated, thanks!
The closest way to do this with CSS only, is to use a grid instead of a flexbox for reasons well explained here.
The only way to truly do what you are asking (make all children have the same width as the widest child), is with JavaScript. Loop through the elements to find the biggest width and set them all to have the found width.
Here is a snippet demonstrating both concepts:
const equalizers = document.querySelectorAll('.equalize')
let r = 0
equalizers.forEach(equalizer => {
const widths = []
for (const btn of equalizer.children) {
const w = btn.getBoundingClientRect().width
// Math.ceil() is optional to avoid long floats
widths.push(Math.ceil(w)) // 82
// widths.push(w) // 81.31945037841797
}
const biggest = Math.max(...widths)
console.log(`biggest width found in row[${r++}]:`, biggest)
for (const btn of equalizer.children) {
btn.style.width = `${biggest}px`
}
})
.flex-col,
.flex-row {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 4px;
justify-content: center;
}
.flex-col {
flex-direction: column;
}
.flex-row {
flex-direction: row;
}
.button {
border-style: solid;
padding: 4px;
}
.parent {
height: auto;
width: auto;
}
.grid-row {
display: grid;
gap: 4px;
}
.grid-row>* {
text-align: center;
}
#media (min-width: 25em) {
.grid-row {
grid-auto-flow: column;
grid-auto-columns: 1fr;
}
}
.flex-row>* {
text-align: center;
}
<hr>
<strong>JavaScript</strong> (only ever as wide as the widest sibling, with wrapping)
<hr>
<div class="parent flex-col">
<div class="flex-col">
<div class="flex-row">
DIFFICULTY
</div>
<div class="flex-row equalize">
<div class="button">EASY</div>
<div class="button">MEDIUM</div>
<div class="button">HARD</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex-col">
<div class="flex-row">
MAX SCORE
</div>
<div class="flex-row equalize">
<div class="button">50</div>
<div class="button">75</div>
<div class="button">100</div>
<div class="button">150</div>
<div class="button">200</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<strong>Grid</strong> (always as wide as posible and no wrapping, either all stacked, or all inline with breakpoint)
<hr>
<div class="parent flex-col">
<div class="flex-col">
<div class="flex-row">
DIFFICULTY
</div>
<div class="grid-row">
<div class="button">EASY</div>
<div class="button">MEDIUM</div>
<div class="button">HARD</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="flex-col">
<div class="flex-row">
MAX SCORE
</div>
<div class="grid-row">
<div class="button">50</div>
<div class="button">75</div>
<div class="button">100</div>
<div class="button">150</div>
<div class="button">200</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

pushing icons closer together in footer gone wrong?

im trying to create a footer with a few social media icons...however, the method i've tried has resulted in the following problem :
expectation:
reality:
as you can see i'm failing in bringing the social media icons closer together... i tried setting the columns flex % to - however that pulls everything closer together towards the left of the screen...
here is my .row and .column as well as the social media icons..
.row {
display: flex;
}
.column {
flex: 30%;
padding: 00px;
}
.marginauto1 {
margin: 30px auto 20px;
display: block;
horizontal-align; middle;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<footer class= "marginauto1">
<center><div class="row">
<div class="column">
<center><a class= "pointer" href="twitter_url">
first time taking a stab at this on my own and I'm just really stuck here.. any help or tips would be appreciated!
If you want to put all your icons together in the middle:
img{
height:50px;
}
div{
display:flex;
justify-content: center;
background-color:blue;
}
<footer>
<div>
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<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyFcxKQYRAhR9esHvHVZokZGCYFNC1_rMHhw&usqp=CAU">
</div>
</footer>
<center> tag will not applicable if you are using flexbox. Instead flex-box itself has some properties that you can make use of. In your use-case you can go with justify-content: center
.row{
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
.item{
color: red;
background: lightblue;
margin-left: 20px;
}
<footer class= "marginauto1">
<div class="row">
<div class="item 1">
<h1>Telegram</h1>
</div>
<div class="item 2">
<h1>Facebook</h1>
</div>
<div class="item 3">
<h1>Twitter</h1>
</div>
</div>
</footer>
If you don't want any space in between of 2 or more items you can remove the margin.
Its working as expected. You have defined .column with flex: 30%; which intrun will split into 3
flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 1;
flex-basis: 30%;
So what have you done is allowing the element to grow till the available width with a minimum of 30% relative to the container. This is because the flex-basis is defined. This will be 33% each.
For your soution to work remove flex: 30%; from .column. This will take the width depending on the content.
If you want some gap between the element, try adding some margin or padding, I have used margin for that. Or you can set the width of column element.
Inorder to align the items center in horizontal axis, use justify-content: center; for the flex element.
Working Fiddle
.row {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
.column {
padding: 0px;
margin-right: 20px;
}
.marginauto1 {
margin: 30px auto 20px;
display: block;
}
.pointer img {
width: 50px;
}
<footer class="marginauto1">
<div class="row">
<div class="column">
<a class="pointer" href="">
<img src="https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/logotypes/32/twitter-512.png" alt="">
</a>
</div>
<div class="column">
<a class="pointer" href="">
<img src="https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/logotypes/32/twitter-512.png" alt="">
</a>
</div>
<div class="column">
<a class="pointer" href="">
<img src="https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/logotypes/32/twitter-512.png" alt="">
</a>
</div>
</div>
</footer>

How to align an element at the bottom of this variable size flex element

In this jsfiddle, I want the Author element to be aligned between the various card elements. I can't see how to stretch the element containing the details to match the variably sized elements in the same row.
The goal is to have the Author lines lining up horizontally across the rows.
.container {
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
margin: 10px;
}
.card {
width: 200px;
margin: 10px;
}
.product_detail {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: space-between;
border: 1px solid pink;
}
.detail_item {
border: 1px solid blue;
flex: 1;
}
img {
width: 100%;
}
<div class='container'>
<div class="card">
<section>
<img src="https://c.booko.info/covers/34edd12eb5c21388/v/600.jpeg" itemprop="image" size="500x750">
</section>
<section class="product_detail">
<div itemprop="name" class='detail_item'>
A Book Title
</div>
<div class="detail_item">A Subtitle might be here</div>
<div itemprop="author" class='detail_item'>Author</div>
</section>
</div>
<div class="card">
<section>
<img src="https://c.booko.info/covers/34edd12eb5c21388/v/600.jpeg" itemprop="image" size="500x750">
</section>
<section class="product_detail">
<div itemprop="name" class='detail_item'>
A Book Title which is much longer and takes up a few lines
</div>
<div class="detail_item">A Subtitle might be here</div>
<div itemprop="author" class='detail_item'>Author</div>
</section>
</div>
<div class="card">
<section>
<img src="https://c.booko.info/covers/34edd12eb5c21388/v/600.jpeg" itemprop="image" size="500x750">
</section>
<section class="product_detail">
<div itemprop="name" class='detail_item'>
A Book Title
</div>
<div class="detail_item">A Subtitle might be here</div>
<div itemprop="author" class='detail_item'>Author</div>
</section>
</div>
</div>
As I understood it, you are trying to have the Author div anchored to the bottom of each card.
Assuming I understood correctly, you were pretty close. Here's what was missing:
the .card div needed to be a flex container
the .product_detail section needed to stretch to fill its available space
the Author div needed to be anchored to the bottom
Here's the CSS that changed:
.card {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.product_detail {
flex: 1;
}
.detail_item[itemprop="author"] {
margin-top: auto;
}
Here's an updated Fiddle
Note: if you don't want the .detail_item divs to be vertically evenly distributed, you can just remove the flex: 1; property from .detail_item which would look like this.
Hope this helps. Good luck!

Switching from 3 columns to 2

I have a responsive layout set up for 3 columns. In each column is a product that we are trying to sell. Sometimes there could be 3 items, 2 items and 1 item. Currently when I remove 1 item it will display on 2/3 of the page and leave the 1/3 empty. How do I create it so that when there are 2 or 1 item being displayed for them to be centered and they would have a max-width of 640px?
/* -------- HTML ------------*/
<div class="item">Item1</div>
<div class="item">Item1</div>
<div class="item">Item1</div>
/* -------- CSS ------------*/
.item {
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 33.33%;
}
With flexbox, the container will fill 100% of the space based on how many items you have.
HTML
<div class="flex-row">
<div class="item">Item1</div>
<div class="item">Item2</div>
<div class="item">Item3</div>
</div>
<div class="flex-row">
<div class="item">Item1</div>
<div class="item">Item2</div>
</div>
<div class="flex-row">
<div class="item">Item1</div>
</div>
CSS
.flex-row {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
}
.item {
flex: 1;
}
Here is an example
A flex box would better suit your need. Remove/add item to see how the columns adapt to your new content:
.container{
display: flex;
}
.item{
flex-grow: 1;
background-color: red;
border: 1px solid black;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="item">Item1</div>
<div class="item">Item2</div>
<div class="item">Item3</div>
</div>

Flexbox: how to add margin / vertical spacing for the case there is more than one row?

here is the codepen
I want to add vertical spacing ONLY to elements between line 1 and line 2. Alternatively, only to between line 1 and line 2, and line 2 and line 3.
The flex items are random, so the amount, size of each, is dynamic.
I cannot add margins to all, because that would ruin the layout in case there is no second row at all.
HTML
<div class="flexContainer">
<div class="flexItem">a a a aaaaaaa a ax</div>
<div class="flexItem">bbbx</div>
<div class="flexItem">c c c c c cx</div>
<div class="flexItem">note: random amount of flex items</div>
<div class="flexItem">amount can very...</div>
</div>
<br/><br/><br/>
<div class="flexContainer">
<div class="flexItem">a a a aaaaaaa a ax</div>
<div class="flexItem">bbbx</div>
<div class="flexItem">c c c c c cx</div>
</div>
CSS
.flexContainer{
background-color: salmon;
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
width: 300px;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.flexItem{
background-color: lightblue;
margin: 5px;
}
Browsersupport: only newest cutting edge browsers are supported.
You can
Add some margin-bottom to the first and last .flex-items.
Align all flex items to top with align-items: flex-start or align-self: flex-start.
Add a negative margin-bottom to .flexContainer in order to counteract the margin after the last line.
Place the .flexContainer inside a wrapper with overflow: hidden.
.wrapper {
overflow: hidden;
}
.flexContainer {
background-color: salmon;
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
width: 300px;
margin-bottom: -20px; /* 25-20 = 5 */
}
.flexItem {
background-color: lightblue;
margin: 5px;
align-self: flex-start;
}
.flexItem:first-child, .flexItem:last-child {
margin-bottom: 25px;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="flexContainer">
<div class="flexItem">a a a aaaaaaa a ax</div>
<div class="flexItem">bbbx</div>
<div class="flexItem">c c c c c cx</div>
<div class="flexItem">note: random amount of flex items</div>
<div class="flexItem">amount can very...</div>
</div>
</div>
<br/><br/>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="flexContainer">
<div class="flexItem">a a a aaaaaaa a ax</div>
<div class="flexItem">bbbx</div>
<div class="flexItem">c c c c c cx</div>
</div>
</div>

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