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Posted by Andrew Dickens
Andrew Dickens
18,352 Points

Flexbox: Make all flexitems the same height?

Having problems where i have an img next to some text in a flexbox. The text has a background-color and I want that to run all the way down in line with the img bottom, What happens is the background-color stops where the text stops?

I've tried setting the height, placing extra divs but cant get it to nudge down. Any ideas? Thanks Andrew

<div class="row-container">

                <div class="flex-item15">    
                    <img src="img/gym2.jpg">
                </div>    

                <div class="col-container flex-item05 back-color">
                    <h >Indian texts: UFO Giorgio sanskrit magnetic current</h2> 
                    <p>I know it sounds crazy... Space brothers, legendary times targeted mutation vimana. The vedas SETI sky people DNA manipulation ancienj</p>  
                </div>
            </div>

.row-container {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
    justify-content: space-between;
}

.flex-item15{
    flex: 1.5;
    align-self: flex-start;
}

.col-container {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column; 
}

.flex-item05 {
    flex: 0.5;
    align-self: flex-start;
    }

.back-color {
    background-color: $red-berry ;
}

2 Answers

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

Have you tried to stretch the flexbox item?

in the child item

align-self: stretch;

or in the parent container

align-items: stretch;

If you want to learn more about Flexbox you can checkout the CSS Flexbox Layout Course. Your specific question is covered in Aligning Flex Items.

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Andrew Dickens
Andrew Dickens
18,352 Points
Andrew Dickens
Andrew Dickens
18,352 Points

Ah yes, I changed 

.flex-item05{ align-self: flex-start}

to 

.flex-item05{ align-self: stretch}

and that seems to have done the trick, thanks Jesus

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

No problem. Have a nice day!