CSS Flexbox

Container and Items

  1. Set up your flex container and properties of the container.
  2. Set the "flex" properties on the items within your container.
Example 4.6 - Flex - Example 4.6
 
 <div id="f3container">
   <div class="box box1">1
   </div>
   <div class="box box2">2
   </div>
   <div class="box box3">3
   </div>
   <div class="box box4">4
   </div>
   <div class="box box5">5
   </div>
 </div>

In style element (<style>) within head element: 

#f3container {
  display: flex;
}
.box1, .box2, .box3, .box4, .box5 {
  flex-grow: 0;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  flex-basis: 5em;
}
.box1 { background-color: lightpink;}
.box2 { background-color: lightsteelblue;}
.box3 { background-color: wheat;}
.box4 { background-color: plum;}
.box5 { background-color: palegreen;}
.box {
  padding: 2em;
  border: medium solid black;
  width: 3em;
}