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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Creating a Two Column Layout with Flexbox

Posted by Samuel Kleos
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Samuel Kleos
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,719 Points

The flex shorthand property assigns equal width to columns (.col) but flex-grow doesn't.

MY SNAPSHOT: https://w.trhou.se/dbntdiv1i0

.col is a shared class between the two columns .primary and .secondary.

I wrote the following rules inside the media query however the .col does not assign equal width:

@media (min-width:769px) {
    .main-header, .main-nav, .row {
        display: flex;
    }
    .main-header {
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: center;
    }
    .col {
        flex-grow: 1;
    }
}

Is there something wrong with this workspace? I seem to be having a lot of weird issues.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

When you use the "flex" shorthand with just one argument, it does set that value as the flex-grow, but it also sets flex-basis to 0. So to get the same effect as you get using just "flex" you need to add flex-basis: 0; to your CSS rule. Otherwise, flex-basis remains at the default value of "auto".

For more details, see the MDN page on The flex CSS shorthand property.