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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Flexbox Properties Aligning Flex Items on the Cross Axis

Patrick Vanegas
Patrick Vanegas
6,971 Points
Posted by Patrick Vanegas
Patrick Vanegas
6,971 Points

Do flex items stretch by default?

I noticed that as soon as I expanded the height of the flex-container, the items automatically stretched down. Is that what is supposed to be happening?

1 Answer

Tomas Novy
Tomas Novy
9,421 Points
Tomas Novy
Tomas Novy
9,421 Points

Hi Patrick,

Yes, stretch is initial value for align-items property. You are able to check it on MDN.