CSS Flexbox, or the Flexible Box Layout, is a layout model that allows you to design a flexible and responsive layout structure without using float or positioning.
Here are some key concepts and properties to understand:
display: flex; - This property defines a flex container.
flex-direction - This defines the direction of the flex items inside the container. It can be row, row-reverse, column, or column-reverse.
justify-content - This aligns the flex items along the main axis. Values can be flex-start, flex-end, center, space-between, space-around, or space-evenly.
align-items - This aligns the flex items along the cross axis. Values include stretch, flex-start, flex-end, center, or baseline.
flex-wrap - This specifies whether the flex items should wrap or not. It can be nowrap, wrap, or wrap-reverse.
flex - This is a shorthand property for flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis. It defines how a flex item will grow or shrink to fit the space available in its flex container.
order - This defines the order of the flex items.
align-self - This allows the default alignment (or the one specified by align-items) to be overridden for individual flex items. Values can be auto, flex-start, flex-end, center, baseline, or stretch.
Here' a simple example to illustrate how Flexbox works:
In this example:
The .container is a flex container with a row direction, centering items along both axes.
Each .item inside the container is a flex item.
Feel free to ask any questions if you need further clarification!