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Lili Köves
3,471 PointsFlex container problem - hover effect increases letter-spacing, but that changes width of flex containers. Why?
I am practicing what I learnt about flexbox and transitions. So I have two flex items side by side (<div class="secondary promo"> and <div class="terciary promo"> ), have some text inside both. Applied a transition that on hovering increases the letterspacing of these texts. Weirdly that also increases the width of their parent containers and I can not find out why. What does cause this and how can I solve this so that the parent containers do not change?
Here is a snapshot of my workspace: https://w.trhou.se/brz3htdhlp
Thank you for any tips or comments!
2 Answers
Steven Parker
230,274 PointsThe default for flex-basis is "auto".
But if you change it to something else, the containers should not expand:
.supporting > div {
flex-basis: 0;
}
You could also use the shorthand: "flex: 1;"
Lili Köves
3,471 PointsThankyou!
Lili Köves
3,471 PointsLili Köves
3,471 PointsIt perfectly worked! Thank you! May I ask what the > means in .supporting > div ? I noticed if that is missing the containers still do expand.
Steven Parker
230,274 PointsSteven Parker
230,274 PointsThe "
>" symbol is the child combinator. The entire selector targets "DIV elements that are direct children of the element with class supporting".