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Pontus Bolmér
12,471 PointsFlex box and other methods.
Hi! Im wondering since, i find flexbox to be awsome, and much easier to work with than position absolute and relative.
My question is, would it be stupid to only focus on becoming a flexbox master, and ignoring the other position values?
2 Answers
jared eiseman
29,023 PointsFlexbox is a WONDERFUL tool. It is important, however, to recognize that it is a tool, one of many in your toolbox. There are scenarios in which absolute/relative/fixed positions are the best for the scenario, or even necessary. The example that comes to mind initially is in the case of pseudo elements (::before and ::after). There are also times that floats might be the right choice, as they can sometimes be easier to manage gutter widths and line wrapping. CSS grids, and grids provided by various CSS frameworks are incredibly useful as well. In the case of Bootstrap 4, they even moved to using flexbox for a lot of the grid options and dropping floats.
Long story short, learn flexbox, it's great. Don't force yourself to use flexbox for every situation though, as there are other tools in the toolbox that might be better for certain applications.
Pontus Bolmér
12,471 PointsThanks for both your answers! Very nice and detailed answers!
Gustavo Winter
Courses Plus Student 27,382 PointsGustavo Winter
Courses Plus Student 27,382 PointsHi Pontus Bolmér, i'll try to answer your question.
Flexbox is a nice tool, but not the only one. In future videos, here at Treehouse, you will find another ways to do what Flexbox do, but there is no right or wrong. Each case is different, there will be times when Grids { you will study this here } will be better than Flexbox, other times Flexbox is better, and in my opinion, in 90% of the cases you can use both, and transform the combination in a nice work.
By the way: Position values as - absolute, relative, static... work different as Flexbox. You should know how to use all of this.
Hope this helps.
Happy codding.