Hello Fellow Codenewbies 👋
Flexbox is known as one dimension.
It means that it deals with one dimension layout at a time, the column or the row.
When we talk about a column or a row in flexbox, we are talking about the main axis or the cross axis.
Making Responsive Layout With flex-direction
Before we talk about the values of flex-direction
, you can check the playground that I provide below.
The screenshots that I attached in each value's explanation are based on this playground.
The values in flex-direction
:
row
⭐ This the default value.
This value makes the flex container becoming a row and the flex items become columns.
row-reverse
Same as row
, but it reverses the order of the flex items.
column
This value makes flex container becomes column and flex items become rows.
In a glimpse, it looks like the default layout when we don't apply display: flex
.
But under the hood, this value switches the main axis.
And because there is a change on the main axis, there are changes as well in the behavior of:
-
justify-content
will now work vertically -
align-items
will now work horizontally
column-reverse
Same as column
, but it reverses the order of the flex items.
We usually use media queries when we want to apply flex-direction
.
Conclusion
-
flex-direction
is changing the main axis around. - The values of
flex-direction
:- row (default)
- row-reverse
- column
- column-reverse
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