Flex your layout muscles

BY

RUPHAA GANESH

HELLO

let ruphaa = {

 

     "job_title" : "Software Engineer- Frontend",

     "product" : "Freshservice",

     "desc" : "geek",

     "message" : "Hey Everybody! Voila 😀"

   

};

What is Flexbox?

An Elegant Layout method for a more civilized age

Ordering items in single dimension

BTW,

what are its properties?

Flex-direction

row

row-reverse

column

column-reverse

Flex-wrap

nowrap

wrap

wrap-reverse

Flex-flow

<flex-direction> || <flex-wrap>

 

 

Align-items

flex-start

flex-end

center

stretch

baseline

Justify-content

flex-start

flex-end

center

space-around

space-between

space-evenly

Align-content

flex-start

flex-end

center

stretch

space-around

space-between

 

flex-grow

 

<number>

(default 0)

flex-shrink

 

<number>

(default 1)

flex-basis

 

<number> | <auto>

(default auto)

align-self

auto

flex-start

flex-end

center

stretch

baseline

 

order

 

<integer>

(default 0)

flex

 

<none> |

[<flex-grow> ||

<flex-shrink> || <flex-basis>]

(default 0 1 auto)

How do I build responsive layout?



<div class="parent">
  <div class="child child1">1</div>
  <div class="child child2">2</div>
  <div class="child child3">3</div>
  <div class="child child4">4</div>
  <div class="child child5">5</div>
  <div class="child child6">6</div>
</div>
.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-direction: column;
}
.child1, .child5, .child6 {
  flex: 1 1 100%;
}

.child2, .child3, .child4 {
  flex: 1 1 25%;
}

.child2, .child3 {
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}

.child5, .child6 {
  margin-left: 1rem;
}
.child1 {
  margin-right: 1rem;
}

@media all and (max-width: 500px) {
  .parent {
    flex-direction: row;
  }
  .child {
    margin: 0;
  }
}
<div class="parent">
  <div class="child child-1">[sidebar] 😎</div>
  <div class="child child-2">[main] 🍕</div>
  <div class="child child-3">1 🐯</div>
  <div class="child child-4">2 🍿</div>
  <div class="child child-5">3 🏸</div>
</div>
.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.child {
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.child-1 {
  flex: 1 1 33.25%;
}

.child-2 {
  flex: 1 1 60%;
}

.child-3 {
  flex: 1 1 30%;
}

.child-4, .child-5 {
  flex: 1 1 25%;
}
@media all and (max-width: 1040px) {
  .child {
    flex: 1 1 100%;
  }
  .child-1 {
    order: -1;
  }
  .child-2 {
    order: -2;
  }
  .child-3 {
    order: 2;
  }
  .child-4 {
    order: 3;
  }
  .child-5 {
    order: 1;
  }
}

@media all and (max-width: 500px) {
  .child-3, .child-4, .child-5 {
      flex: 1 1 20%;
  }
}

How do

they save my

life for

God's sake?

Navigation

Split Navigation

Centering an item (or) text

Card layout and sticky footer

Media Object

Form Inputs

Browser Support

Chrome

21+

Edge

All

Firefox

22+

Opera

12.1+

Safari

6.1+

IE

10+

So what happens to the older IE versions?🤔

Awesome 🤩 Where can I learn more?

 

FUN RESOURCES

Serious Resources

> A Complete Guide to CSS Flexbox
> Flexplorer
> SmashMag - Flexbox Reading List
> Wesbos' Flexbox tutorial
> Flexbox Patterns by CJ Cenizal
> Flexbox Froggy
> Flexbox Zombies
> Flexbox Defense
> Flexy boxes
> Mini Project

Intro to Flexbox

By Ruphaa Ganesh

Intro to Flexbox

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