Experiment: Using Flexbox Today - Chris Wright - 16 min read Flexbox adds a level of control to our layouts that we didn't really have before, we hacked our floats and clearfixed, we fought whitespace with inline-block, pushed display:table, and even stretched content with position:absolute. We no longer need to rely on these solutions beyond providing something visual to browsers without flex features. The major challenge that I see with Flexbox is that there's a distinct gap between what we build today and how we'll approach tomorrow. I don't blame people for finding Flexbox difficult to grasp. These tutorials exist for a purpose, either they're trying to show you what the properties are and what they do, or they're trying to excite you about future possibilities. TLDR; version I recognize this experiment write up is super long, so here's a shortcut if you don't have much time: Road to Flexbox Making layouts better Do I believe we'll completely drop floats, inline block, or display table? Card Layouts Split screen layouts Pinned Layouts
Better, Simpler Grid Systems — Solved by Flexbox — Cleaner, hack-free CSS Most grid systems today use one of two layout methods: float or inline-block. But neither of these methods were really intended to be used for layout and as a result have pretty significant problems and limitations. Using floats requires clearing them which has a whole host of layout issues, most notoriously that clearing an element sometimes forces it below an unrelated part of the page (take this Bootstrap issue for example). In addition, clearing floats usually requires using both before and after pseudo-elements, preventing you from using them for something else. Inline block layouts must address the problem of white-space between inline-block items, and all of the solutions to that problem are hacky and annoying. Flexbox not only eliminates these problems, it opens up an entirely new world of possibilities. Features of a Flexbox Grid System Grid systems usually come with a myriad of sizing options, but the vast majority of the time you just want two or three elements side-by-side.
Boxes That Fill Height (Or More) (and Don't Squish) It's hard to sum up all the awesome that is flexbox in a little ol' blog post. Although we gave it a shot here. Here, let's just try and focus on one thing that flexbox solves very nicely: the ability to have an arbitrary set of boxes fill up all the available height of a parent box. And not only that, but expand beyond that if needed (not squish them to fit). By "box", I just mean block level element. By default those boxes height is determined by the content inside them. Can't we force the boxes to split up the space evenly amongst that space? Say the HTML is like: Then we kick off flexbox with the parent box: and make the boxes up-and-down (column) rather than left-and-right (row) as is the default: With just that, it will look no different than it did if we did nothing. Annnnd done =). As a detail here, flex: 1; is the same as saying flex: 1 1 auto; It is shorthand for three different properties: flex-grow: 1;flex-shrink: 1;flex-basis: auto; Then we get this: Browser Support IE is weird.
Flexbox | Codrops CSS Reference Flexbox, or the Flexible Box Layout, is a new layout mode in CSS3 designed for laying out complex applications and web pages. In CSS 2.1, four layout modes were defined which determine the size and position of boxes based on their relationships with their sibling and ancestor boxes: the block layout designed for laying out documents, and that lays elements on a page vertically; the inline layout designed for laying out text horizontally inside block-level containers; the table layout designed for laying out two-dimensional data in a tabular format; and the positioned layout designed for very explicit positioning without much regard for other elements in the document. Flexbox is similar to the block layout, except that it lacks many of the properties that can be used in a block layout, such as floats and columns. But then again it has more flexibility for distributing space and aligning content in ways that web applications and complex web pages often need. Summary of Flexbox Properties
Solved by Flexbox — Cleaner, hack-free CSS All of the code samples on this site show how to solve a particular design problem with Flexbox. They show just the code that's needed to make the demos work in a spec-compliant browser. Some browsers do not fully comply with the latest version of the spec, so sadly, a few workarounds were necessary. Workarounds for non-compliant browsers are not shown in the code samples, but if you're curious about those implementation details, you can check out the source files. Each demo links to its source, and all browser-specific workarounds are well-documented, so don't be afraid to take a look. The vendor prefixing and translating of current flex properties to their legacy equivalents is all handled by autoprefixer. The class naming convention used in the code samples and source files is taken from SUIT CSS, which is based on BEM methodologies. If you find a mistake or would like to suggest an additional example, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on Github.
It’s time to use Flexbox and here’s where to learn - Jayhan Loves Design & Japan After we said goodbye to the good old table layout, CSS float has been the go-to method when dealing with web layouts. By default, block elements are stacked from top to bottom, but with CSS float and some other useful properties, we designers are able to code the layout as according to our design. However CSS float has many shortcomings and until now there are still no easy way to achieve certain layout. Perhaps one of the most frustrating thing is how to make a block centered horizontally and vertically. What is Flexbox? According to MDN, The CSS3 Flexible Box, or flexbox, is a layout mode providing for the arrangement of elements on a page such that the elements behave predictably when the page layout must accommodate different screen sizes and different display devices. That means with flex box, we can freely arrange the layout and blocks with sets of property from aligning, spacing to setting the order of the blocks. Flexbox compatibility with browsers Well cool! Flexbox in 5 minutes
css - How should I approach a "Split Screen" design? CSS3 Flexbox Layout module Vous connaissez certainement le modèle de boîte classique en CSS et ses dispositions de type “block” ou “inline”, sachez que Flexbox CSS3 a été conçu pour étendre ce périmètre en introduisant un nouveau modèle de boîte distinct, que l’on appellera “le Modèle de boîte flexible”. En février 2016 est sorti mon livre entièrement dédié à Flexbox. Il se nomme "CSS3 Flexbox : plongez dans les CSS modernes" et je vous recommande bien évidemment sa lecture afin de comprendre tous les rouages de ce positionnement révolutionnaire, et d'en maîtriser tous les aspects. Au sein de ce schéma, on ne raisonne plus en “block” ou “inline”, ni même en float ou autres types de boîtes “classiques” CSS, mais en “Modèle de boîte flexible”, dont les quatre possibilités principales sont : Note : ce tutoriel a été initialement rédigé en octobre 2010. Il a subi une refonte intégrale en décembre 2014 pour se mettre à jour. En action ! Démonstration display: flex Compatibilité Tableau des compatibilités Standardisation
CSS - flexbox Le nouveau mode de mise en page flexbox se veut redéfinir comment nous faisons les mise en page en CSS. Malheureusement la spécification a beaucoup changé récemment, donc c'est implémenté différement sur les différents navigateurs. Cependant, j'aimerais partager quelques exemples pour que vous sachiez ce qui arrive. Ces exemples ne marchent pour l'instant qu'avec l'implementation flexbox de Chrome, basé sur la dernière version du standard. Il y a beaucoup de ressources dépassées sur flexbox. Flexbox vous permet de faire beaucoup plus; les exemples qui suivent ne sont là que pour vous donner une idée : Simple mise en page avec flexbox Flexbox c'est trop facile! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mise en page plus fantaisiste avec flexbox J'ai une largeur de 200px quand il y a la place et je serai réduite à 100px s'il n'y en a pas, mais pas moins. J'aurai toujours une largeur de 200px, peu importe ce qu'il se passe. Je prendrai 1/3 de la place restante.
Multiple Backgrounds: Left Half and Right Half Hey! This article is pretty old. We revised it here which includes much better information. The introduction of the brand-new CSS-Tricks forums the last few days has been great! It was worried it would take a while for it to catch on, but the last few days there have been about 150 posts in lots of great topics. One of those great topics was John Steven's background challenge: I'm standing before a challenge and because to celebrate this new forum, I like to ask you to inspire me on this issue. My first thought was to create 2 divs, a leftHalf, and a rightHalf: This works, but it has one "small" (literally) problem. John himself suggested the perfect tweak to this solution, which solves that. View Demo (yes, the left half's pattern doesn't line up quite right, but it's the theory here that counts!) Share On
Divide html page in 4 equal rectangles - HTML / CSS Chris, thanks a lot for your helpful response! Works on Netscape 7.1 and (sort of) IE 6. The latter puts a thin vertical bar down the center of the screen. This may be the '3 pixel' problem I've read about (and which you can search for). I tried it in IE6 and Firefox. Key: You must specify an explicit height for the topmost element. The specification for the height on the <html> element (for Netscape as well as Firefox) is a trick I would not have been able to come up with myself... After trying some things again, I found a solution that hasn't got the small white gap in the middle. Another thing is: when the width of the content of one of the blocks is greater than 50% of the browser window, then the blocks appear under one another whatsoever. This is such a mess to get it right... Veerle
Photography Website Concept A photography-inspired website layout with an expanding stack slider and a background image tilt effect. View demo Download source Today we’d like to share an idea for a photography website layout with you. The concept is based on a slider of several photo stacks using Flickity and once a stack is opened, it slides up and reveals its content. The background image will react to the mouse movement, creating a tilt-like motion illusion inspired by the effect seen on The DNA project, the interactive album site by j.viewz. Once a stack is opened, the background image will transform into a small, logo-like circle and move up. Please note that this is very experimental and made to work with modern browsers. We are using Flickity by David DeSandro under the terms of the GNU GPL license v3. Please note that if you want to use Flickity to develop commercial sites, themes, projects, and applications, the Commercial license is the appropriate license. Have look at some screenshots.
Sliding Triple View Layout Climb leg make muffins or sweet beast play time and hate dog or chew foot. Stretch climb leg. Play time give attitude for all of a sudden go crazy chase imaginary bugs lick butt. Claw drapes burrow under covers so hide when guests come over, inspect anything brought into the house hopped up on goofballs. Nap all day swat at dog and rub face on everything stick butt in face all of a sudden go crazy need to chase tail yet rub face on everything. Give attitude chew iPad power cord, and stick butt in face or chase imaginary bugs. Stick butt in face give attitude intrigued by the shower intently sniff hand. Hunt anything that moves hunt anything that moves burrow under covers and stick butt in face throwup on your pillow. Need to chase tail leave hair everywhere run in circles make muffins. Stretch hopped up on goofballs, destroy couch yet hate dog. Chew foot swat at dog. Shake treat bag throwup on your pillow for sun bathe and intently stare at the same spot use lap as chair.