Introduction to flex-flow
Hello dear friend! In this article, we want to talk about the flex-flow property in CSS. This property is one of the features of the Flexbox system that allows us to nicely control the arrangement of items. If you have experience with Flexbox, you know how important using flex-direction and flex-wrap can be. Now, let’s assume that we want to combine these two properties into a specific line; this is where flex-flow comes in.
The flex-flow property is a combination of two important properties flex-direction and flex-wrap. In other words, instead of using these two properties separately, we can use flex-flow in a single line to manage a layout that needs to be handled with two lines of code.
Using flex-flow
When we're using flex-flow, we choose different options first. Let’s assume that we want to arrange items in a container either horizontally or vertically, and also manage how they wrap. In this case, using flex-flow becomes very useful. This property gives us the ability to try different combinations of flex-direction and flex-wrap, and find the best solution for our own design.
For example, if we want items to be arranged in a row (horizontal) and wrapped, we can use this property like this:
.container {
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
}
Let’s break down the code:
.container:This line applies to a container that we want to combine its elements with Flexbox.
display: flex;:First of all, with this line we specify that it uses Flexbox.
flex-flow: row wrap;:By using this line, we define how to arrange the elements in a row and how to wrap them.