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Aaron Selonke
10,323 PointsThe container only flexes to a certain width before it list items begin 'breaking out' of the container
Here you can see a screen shot, with the code from the video http://uploadpie.com/tlKrz
Once I shrink the screen below 225px, the list item elements are no longer contained in the box...... What is the reason for that?
1 Answer
Steven Parker
220,378 PointsThis is only a guess, since you did not show your code, but it looks like you may not have defined the "flex" property (which combines flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis) on the items, which would make them shrinkable. Or, you might have a size constraint on them that prevents them from shrinking.
If you still need help, share your code, or better yet snapshot your workspace and share the link to that.
Michal Janecek
8,194 PointsMichal Janecek
8,194 PointsYou need to define the flex-grow and flex-basis property for the item class, otherwise the flex-items won't shrink or grow with the container. You can check out these two articles https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-grow/ and https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-basis/.