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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=en><head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<title>CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1</title>
<link href=../default.css rel=stylesheet type=text/css>
<link href=../csslogo.ico rel="shortcut icon" type=image/x-icon>
<link href=https://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED rel=stylesheet type=text/css>
</head>
<body class=h-entry>
<style scoped>
code.one-line { white-space: pre; }
.code-and-figure {
display: table;
margin: 0 auto;
border-spacing: 1em;
}
.code-and-figure > div {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
:not(code) var { font-style: normal; color: #005A9C; }
a > i { font-style: normal; }
ol[start="0"] { counter-reset: list -1; }
ol[start="0"],
ol.continue { list-style: none; }
ol[start="0"] > li,
ol.continue > li { position: relative; counter-increment: list; }
ol[start="0"] > li::before,
ol.continue > li::before { content: counter(list) "."; position: absolute; left: -4.5em; width: 4em; text-align: right; }
.compact, .compact li {
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}
/* Overview catalog example */
#overview-example {
display:table;
margin: 0 auto 1em;
border-spacing: .5em 0;
min-width: 672px;
}
#overview-example > .col {
display: table-column;
background: hsl(60,100%,90%);
}
#overview-example > .desc {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: top;
width: 300px;
padding: 1em 1em 0;
text-align: left;
border: thick solid hsl(60,80%,50%);
border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
border-bottom: none;
}
#overview-example > .desc > img {
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
}
#overview-example > .desc > h1 {
background: transparent;
}
#overview-example > .buttons {
display: table-row;
}
#overview-example > .buttons > div {
display: table-cell;
border: thick solid hsl(60,80%,50%);
border-radius: 0 0 1em 1em;
border-top: none;
text-align: center;
}
#overview-example button {
background-color: hsl(120,100%,40%);
border: medium inset hsl(120,70%,40%);
border-radius: 1em;
padding: .5em;
font-weight: bold;
color: white;
font-size: 1.6em;
cursor: pointer;
width: 90%;
margin: 1em auto;
}
/* Visibility: Collapse example */
#visibility-collapse-example {
display: table;
width: 100%;
box-shadow: 3px 3px 10px #333;
}
#visibility-collapse-example > article,
#visibility-collapse-example > nav {
display: table-cell;
}
#visibility-collapse-example > article {
width: 100%;
background: white;
}
#visibility-collapse-example ul,
#visibility-collapse-example li {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#visibility-collapse-example > nav > ul {
background: #444;
border-radius: 0.5em;
padding: 0.075em;
}
#visibility-collapse-example li {
padding: 0 0.5em;
background: #ddd;
color: black;
border-radius: 0.40em;
border: #444 solid 0.075em;
}
#visibility-collapse-example li li {
background: #444;
color: white;
margin: 0 -0.5em;
border-radius: 0;
}
#visibility-collapse-example li li:first-child {
border-radius: 0.375em 0.375em 0 0;
}
#visibility-collapse-example a {
background: transparent;
color: inherit;
}
#visibility-collapse-example > nav > ul > li:target,
#visibility-collapse-example > nav > ul > li:hover {
background: #888;
color: white;
}
#visibility-collapse-example > nav > ul > li:not(:target):not(:hover) > ul {
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
#auto-bar {
overflow: hidden;
padding: .25em 1em;
background: #ddd;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
border-radius: .3em;
}
#auto-bar > li {
float: left;
color: black;
margin: 0;
}
#auto-bar > li:first-child:after,
#auto-bar > li:first-child + li:after {
content: " | ";
white-space: pre;
}
#auto-bar > li > a {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0 .25em;
border-radius: .3em;
}
#auto-bar > li > a:not(:hover):not(:focus) {
text-decoration: none;
}
#auto-bar > li > a:hover {
color: #ddd;
background: #444;
}
#auto-bar > #login { float: right; }
.cross-auto-figure > div {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 70px;
background: #888;
padding: 0 .5em;
border-radius: 1em;
border: 1px solid transparent;
}
.cross-auto-figure > div > div {
border-spacing: 0;
display: table;
background: #ddd;
color: black;
text-align: center;
margin: .5em auto;
padding: .5em;
border-radius: .5em;
}
.axis { color: hsl( 0,80%,40%); }
.side { color: hsl(240,80%,50%); }
.size { color: hsl(120,80%,30%); }
</style>
<div class=head>
<p data-fill-with=logo><a class=logo href=http://www.w3.org/>
<img alt=W3C height=48 src=http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home width=72>
</a></p>
<h1 class="p-name no-ref" id=title>CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled heading" id=subtitle><span class=content>Editor’s Draft,
<span class=dt-updated><span class=value-title title=20130911>11 September 2013</span></span></span></h2>
<div data-fill-with=spec-metadata><dl><dt>This version:<dd><a class=u-url href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/>http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/</a><dt>Latest version:<dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-flexbox/>http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-flexbox/</a><dt>Editor’s Draft:<dd><a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/>http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/</a>
<dt>Feedback:</dt>
<dd><a href="mailto:www-style@w3.org?subject=%5Bcss-flexbox%5D%20feedback">www-style@w3.org</a>
with subject line
“<kbd>[css-flexbox] <var>… message topic …</var></kbd>”
(<a href=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/ rel=discussion>archives</a>)<dt>Test Suite:<dd><a href='<a href="http://test.csswg.org/suites/css3-flexbox/nightly-unstable/">http://test.csswg.org/suites/css3-flexbox/nightly-unstable/</a>'></a><a href=http://test.csswg.org/suites/css3-flexbox/nightly-unstable/>http://test.csswg.org/suites/css3-flexbox/nightly-unstable/</a><dt>Editors:
<dd class="p-author h-card vcard"><a class="p-name fn u-url url" href=http://xanthir.com/contact/>Tab Atkins Jr.</a> (<span class="p-org org">Google</span>)<dd class="p-author h-card vcard"><a class="p-name fn u-url url" href=http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact>fantasai</a> (<span class="p-org org">Mozilla</span>)<dd class="p-author h-card vcard"><a class="p-name fn u-email email" href=mailto:ratan@microsoft.com>Rossen Atanassov</a> (<span class="p-org org">Microsoft</span>)<dt>Issues List:<dd>Tracked in spec, and in <a href="https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?product=CSS&component=Flexbox&resolution=---">Bugzilla</a><dt>Authors and former editors:<dd>Alex Mogilevsky, Microsoft Corporation, alexmog@microsoft.com<dd>L. David Baron, Mozilla Corporation, dbaron@dbaron.org<dd>Neil Deakin, Mozilla Corporation, enndeakin@gmail.com<dd>Ian Hickson, formerly of Opera Software, ian@hixie.ch<dd>David Hyatt, formerly of Netscape Corporation, hyatt@apple.com<dt>Previous versions:<dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-css3-flexbox-20120918/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-css3-flexbox-20120918/</a><dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-flexbox-20120612/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-flexbox-20120612/</a><dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-flexbox-20120322/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-flexbox-20120322/</a><dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-flexbox-20111129/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-flexbox-20111129/</a><dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-flexbox-20110322/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-flexbox-20110322/</a><dd><a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-flexbox-20090723/>http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-flexbox-20090723/</a></dl></div>
<div data-fill-with=warning></div>
<p class=copyright data-fill-with=copyright><a href=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright>Copyright</a> © 2013 <a href=http://www.w3.org/><abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr></a><sup>®</sup> (<a href=http://www.csail.mit.edu/><abbr title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr></a>, <a href=http://www.ercim.eu/><abbr title="European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</abbr></a>, <a href=http://www.keio.ac.jp/>Keio</a>, <a href=http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/>Beihang</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C <a href=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Legal_Disclaimer>liability</a>, <a href=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks>trademark</a> and <a href=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents>document use</a> rules apply.</p>
<hr title="Separator for header">
</div>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled heading" id=abstract><span class=content>Abstract</span></h2>
<p class=p-summary data-fill-with=abstract>The specification describes a CSS box model optimized for user interface design. In the flex layout model, the children of a flex container can be laid out in any direction, and can "flex" their sizes, either growing to fill unused space or shrinking to avoid overflowing the parent. Both horizontal and vertical alignment of the children can be easily manipulated. Nesting of these boxes (horizontal inside vertical, or vertical inside horizontal) can be used to build layouts in two dimensions.
<a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS/>CSS</a> is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents
(such as HTML and XML)
on screen, on paper, in speech, etc.</p>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled heading" id=status><span class=content>Status of this document</span></h2>
<div data-fill-with=status><p>
This is a public copy of the editors' draft.
It is provided for discussion only and may change at any moment.
Its publication here does not imply endorsement of its contents by W3C.
Don’t cite this document other than as work in progress.
<p>
The (<a href=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/>archived</a>) public mailing list
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(see <a href=http://www.w3.org/Mail/Request>instructions</a>)
is preferred for discussion of this specification.
When sending e-mail,
please put the text “css-flexbox” in the subject,
preferably like this:
“[css-flexbox] <em>…summary of comment…</em>”
<p>
This document was produced by the <a href=/Style/CSS/members>CSS Working Group</a>
(part of the <a href=/Style/>Style Activity</a>).
<p>
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the <a href=/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/>5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy</a>.
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<div data-fill-with=at-risk></div>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc no-ref heading settled heading" id=contents><span class=content>Table of contents</span></h2>
<div data-fill-with=table-of-contents><ul class=toc><li><a href=#intro><span class=secno>1</span>
Introduction</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#overview><span class=secno>1.1</span>
Overview</a><li><a href=#placement><span class=secno>1.2</span>
Module interactions</a><li><a href=#values><span class=secno>1.3</span>
Values</a></ul><li><a href=#box-model><span class=secno>2</span>
Flex Layout Box Model and Terminology</a><li><a href=#flex-containers><span class=secno>3</span>
Flex Containers: the <span><span class=css data-link-type=maybe>flex</span></span> and <span><span class=css data-link-type=maybe>inline-flex</span></span> <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=display>display</span> values</a><li><a href=#flex-items><span class=secno>4</span>
Flex Items</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#abspos-items><span class=secno>4.1</span>
Absolutely-Positioned Flex Children</a><li><a href=#item-margins><span class=secno>4.2</span>
Flex Item Margins and Paddings</a><li><a href=#painting><span class=secno>4.3</span>
Flex Item Z-Ordering</a><li><a href=#visibility-collapse><span class=secno>4.4</span>
Collapsed Items</a></ul><li><a href=#flow-order><span class=secno>5</span>
Ordering and Orientation</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#flex-direction-property><span class=secno>5.1</span>
Flex Flow Direction: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex-direction>flex-direction</span> property</a><li><a href=#flex-wrap-property><span class=secno>5.2</span>
Flex Line Wrapping: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex-wrap>flex-wrap</span> property</a><li><a href=#flex-flow-property><span class=secno>5.3</span>
Flex Direction and Wrap: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex-flow>flex-flow</span> shorthand</a><li><a href=#order-property><span class=secno>5.4</span>
Display Order: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=order>order</span> property</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#order-accessibility><span class=secno>5.4.1</span>
Reordering and Accessibility</a></ul></ul><li><a href=#flex-lines><span class=secno>6</span>
Flex Lines</a><li><a href=#flexibility><span class=secno>7</span>
Flexibility</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#flex-property><span class=secno>7.1</span>
The <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex>flex</span> Shorthand</a><li><a href=#flex-common><span class=secno>7.2</span>
Common Values of <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex>flex</span></a><li><a href=#flex-components><span class=secno>7.3</span>
Components of Flexibility</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#flex-grow-property><span class=secno>7.3.1</span>
The <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex-grow>flex-grow</span> property</a><li><a href=#flex-shrink-property><span class=secno>7.3.2</span>
The <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex-shrink>flex-shrink</span> property</a><li><a href=#flex-basis-property><span class=secno>7.3.3</span>
The <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=flex-basis>flex-basis</span> property</a></ul></ul><li><a href=#alignment><span class=secno>8</span>
Alignment</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#auto-margins><span class=secno>8.1</span>
Aligning with <span data-link-for=margin data-link-type=value>auto</span> margins</a><li><a href=#justify-content-property><span class=secno>8.2</span>
Axis Alignment: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=justify-content>justify-content</span> property</a><li><a href=#align-items-property><span class=secno>8.3</span>
Cross-axis Alignment: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=align-items>align-items</span> and <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=align-self>align-self</span> properties</a><li><a href=#align-content-property><span class=secno>8.4</span>
Packing Flex Lines: the <span class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=align-content>align-content</span> property</a><li><a href=#flex-baselines><span class=secno>8.5</span>
Flex Baselines</a></ul><li><a href=#layout-algorithm><span class=secno>9</span>
Flex Layout Algorithm</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#box-manip><span class=secno>9.1</span>
Initial Setup</a><li><a href=#line-sizing><span class=secno>9.2</span>
Line Length Determination</a><li><a href=#main-sizing><span class=secno>9.3</span>
Main Size Determination</a><li><a href=#cross-sizing><span class=secno>9.4</span>
Cross Size Determination</a><li><a href=#main-alignment><span class=secno>9.5</span>
Main-Axis Alignment</a><li><a href=#cross-alignment><span class=secno>9.6</span>
Cross-Axis Alignment</a><li><a href=#resolve-flexible-lengths><span class=secno>9.7</span>
Resolving Flexible Lengths</a><li><a href=#intrinsic-sizes><span class=secno>9.8</span>
Intrinsic Sizes</a></ul><li><a href=#pagination><span class=secno>10</span>
Fragmenting Flex Layout</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#pagination-algo><span class=secno>10.1</span>
Sample Flex Fragmentation Algorithm</a></ul><li><a href=#acknowledgments><span class=secno></span>Acknowledgments</a><li><a href=#changes><span class=secno></span>Changes</a><li><a href=#conformance><span class=secno></span>
Conformance</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#conventions><span class=secno></span>
Document conventions</a><li><a href=#conformance-classes><span class=secno></span>
Conformance classes</a><li><a href=#partial><span class=secno></span>
Partial implementations</a><li><a href=#experimental><span class=secno></span>
Experimental implementations</a><li><a href=#testing><span class=secno></span>
Non-experimental implementations</a></ul><li><a href=#references><span class=secno></span>
References</a><ul class=toc><li><a href=#normative><span class=secno></span>
Normative References</a><li><a href=#informative><span class=secno></span>
Informative References</a></ul><li><a href=#index><span class=secno></span>
Index</a><li><a href=#property-index><span class=secno></span>
Property index</a><li><a href=#issues-index><span class=secno></span>Issues Index</a></ul></div>
<h2 class="heading settled heading" data-level=1 id=intro><span class=secno>1 </span><span class=content>
Introduction</span><a class=self-link href=#intro></a></h2>
<p><em>This section is not normative.</em>
<p>
CSS 2.1 defined four layout modes — algorithms which determine
the size and position of boxes based on their relationships
with their sibling and ancestor boxes:
<p> <ul class=compact>
<li>block layout, designed for laying out documents
<li>inline layout, designed for laying out text
<li>table layout, designed for laying out 2D data in a tabular format
<li>positioned layout, designed for very explicit positioning without much regard for other elements in the document
</ul>
<p>
This module introduces a new layout mode, <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=flex-layout>flex layout<a class=self-link href=#flex-layout></a></dfn>,
which is designed for laying out more complex applications and webpages.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=1.1 id=overview><span class=secno>1.1 </span><span class=content>
Overview</span><a class=self-link href=#overview></a></h3>
<p><em>This section is not normative.</em>
<p>
Flex layout is superficially similar to block layout.
It lacks many of the more complex text- or document-centric properties
that can be used in block layout, such as
<a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#floats>floats</a> and
<a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/>columns</a>.
In return it gains simple and powerful tools
for distributing space and aligning content
in ways that webapps and complex web pages often need.
The contents of a flex container:
<ul>
<li>
can be laid out in any <a href=#flex-direction-property>flow direction</a>
(leftwards, rightwards, downwards, or even upwards!)
<li>
can have their display order <a href=#flex-flow-row-reverse>reversed</a> or
<a href=#order-property>rearranged</a> at the style layer
(i.e., visual order can be independent of source and speech order)
<li>
can be laid out linearly along a single (<a href=#main-axis title="main axis">main</a>) axis or
<a href=#flex-wrap-property>wrapped</a> into multiple lines along a secondary (<a href=#cross-axis title="cross axis">cross</a>) axis
<li>
can <a href=#flexibility>“flex” their sizes</a>
to respond to the available space
<li>
can be <a href=#alignment>aligned</a> with respect to their container or each other
<li>
can be dynamically <a href=#visibility-collapse>collapsed</a> or uncollapsed
along the <a href=#main-axis>main axis</a> while preserving the container’s <a href=#cross-size>cross size</a>
</ul>
<div class=example>
<p>
Here’s an example of a catalog where each item has a title, an photo, a description, and a purchase button.
The designer’s intention is that each entry has the same overall size,
that the photo be above the text,
and that the purchase buttons aligned at the bottom, regardless of the length of the item’s description.
Flex layout makes many aspects of this design easy:
<p> <ul>
<li>
The catalog uses flex layout to lay out rows of items horizontally,
and to ensure that items within a row are all equal-height.
Each entry is then itself a column flex container,
laying out its contents vertically.
<li>
Within each entry, the source document content is ordered logically
with the title first, followed by the description and the photo.
This provides a sensible ordering for speech rendering and in non-CSS browsers.
For a more compelling visual presentation, however,
<a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-order title=order>order</a> is used to pull the image up from later in the content to the top,
and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/#align-self title=align-self>align-self</a> is used to center it horizontally.
<li>
An <a href=#auto-margins><span class=css>auto</span> margin</a> above the purchase button
forces it to the bottom within each entry box,
regardless of the height of that item’s description.
</ul>
<pre><style>
#deals {
display: flex; /* Flex layout so items <a href=#align-self title="Flex items stretch by default.">have equal height</a> */
flex-flow: row wrap; /* <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-flexbox/#flex-flow-property>Allow items to wrap into multiple lines</a> */
}
.sale-item {
display: flex; /* Lay out each item using flex layout */
flex-flow: column; /* <a href=#flex-flow-property>Lay out item’s contents vertically</a> */
}
.sale-item > img {
order: -1; /* <a href=#order-property>Shift image before other content (in visual order)</a> */
align-self: center; /* <a href=#align-self>Center the image cross-wise (horizontally)</a> */
}
.sale-item > button {
margin-top: auto; /* <a href=#auto-margins>Auto top margin pushes button to bottom</a> */
}
</style></pre>
<pre><section id='deals'>
<section class='sale-item'>
<h1>Computer Starter Kit</h1>
<p>This is the best computer money can buy, if you don’t have much money.
<ul>
<li>Computer
<li>Monitor
<li>Keyboard
<li>Mouse
</ul>
<img src='images/computer.jpg'
alt='You get: a white computer with matching peripherals.'>
<button>BUY NOW</button>
</section>
<section class='sale-item'>
…
</section>
…
</section></pre>
<figure>
<div id=overview-example>
<div class=col></div>
<div class=col></div>
<div class=desc>
<img alt="You get: a white computer with matching keyboard and monitor." src=images/computer.jpg>
<h1 style="font-size: 1.4em;">Computer Starter Kit</h1>
<p>
This is the best computer money can buy,
if you don’t have much money.
<ul>
<li>Computer
<li>Monitor
<li>Keyboard
<li>Mouse
</ul>
</div>
<div class=desc>
<img alt="You get: beautiful ASCII art." src=images/printer.png>
<h1 style="font-size: 1.4em;">Printer</h1>
<p>
Only capable of printing
ASCII art.
<ul>
<li>Paper and ink not included.
</ul>
</div>
<div class=buttons>
<div><button>BUY NOW</button></div>
<div><button>BUY NOW</button></div>
</div>
</div>
<figcaption>
An example rendering of the code above.
</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=1.2 id=placement><span class=secno>1.2 </span><span class=content>
Module interactions</span><a class=self-link href=#placement></a></h3>
<p>
This module extends the definition of the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> property <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>,
adding a new block-level and new inline-level display type,
and defining a new type of formatting context
along with properties to control its layout.
None of the properties defined in this module apply to the <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>::first-line</span> or <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>::first-letter</span> pseudo-elements.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=1.3 id=values><span class=secno>1.3 </span><span class=content>
Values</span><a class=self-link href=#values></a></h3>
<p>
This specification follows the <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/about.html#property-defs>CSS property definition conventions</a> from <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>.
Value types not defined in this specification are defined in CSS Level 2 Revision 1 <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>.
Other CSS modules may expand the definitions of these value types:
for example <a data-biblio-type=informative data-link-type=biblio href=#css3val title=CSS3VAL>[CSS3VAL]</a>, when combined with this module,
expands the definition of the <var><length></var> value type as used in this specification.
<p>In addition to the property-specific values listed in their definitions, all properties defined in this specification also accept the <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#value-def-inherit><span class=css data-link-type=maybe>inherit</span></a> keyword as their property value. For readability it has not been repeated explicitly.
<h2 class="heading settled heading" data-level=2 id=box-model><span class=secno>2 </span><span class=content>
Flex Layout Box Model and Terminology</span><a class=self-link href=#box-model></a></h2>
<p>
An element with <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display:flex</a> or <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display:inline-flex</a> is a <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a>.
Children of a flex container are called <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> and are laid out using the flex layout model.
<p>
Unlike block and inline layout,
whose layout calculations are biased to the <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/#abstract-box>block and inline flow directions</a>,
flex layout is biased to the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-noexport="" id=flex-directions title="flex direction">flex directions<a class=self-link href=#flex-directions></a></dfn>.
To make it easier to talk about flex layout,
this section defines a set of flex flow–relative terms.
The <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-flow title=flex-flow>flex-flow</a> value determines how these terms map
to physical directions (top/right/bottom/left),
axes (vertical/horizontal), and sizes (width/height).
</p><figure>
<img alt="" height=277 src=images/flex-direction-terms.svg width=665>
<figcaption>
An illustration of the various directions and sizing terms as applied to a <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-row>row</a> flex container.
</figcaption>
</figure>
<dl data-export="" id=main>
<dt class=axis>main axis
<dt class=axis>main dimension
<dd>
The <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=main-axis title="main axis|main-axis">main axis<a class=self-link href=#main-axis></a></dfn> of a flex container is the primary axis along which <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> are laid out.
It extends in the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=main-dimension>main dimension<a class=self-link href=#main-dimension></a></dfn>.
<dt class=side>main-start
<dt class=side>main-end
<dd>
The <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> are placed within the container
starting on the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=main-start>main-start<a class=self-link href=#main-start></a></dfn> side
and going toward the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=main-end>main-end<a class=self-link href=#main-end></a></dfn> side.
<dt class=size>main size
<dt class=size>main size property
<dd>
A <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>'s width or height,
whichever is in the <a href=#main-dimension>main dimension</a>,
is the item’s <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=main-size>main size<a class=self-link href=#main-size></a></dfn>.
The <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>'s <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=main-size-property>main size property<a class=self-link href=#main-size-property></a></dfn> is
either the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-width title=width>width</a> or <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-height title=height>height</a> property,
whichever is in the <a href=#main-dimension>main dimension</a>.
</dl>
<dl data-export="" id=cross>
<dt class=axis>cross axis
<dt class=axis>cross dimension
<dd>
The axis perpendicular to the <a href=#main-axis>main axis</a> is called the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=cross-axis title="cross axis|cross-axis">cross axis<a class=self-link href=#cross-axis></a></dfn>.
It extends in the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=cross-dimension>cross dimension<a class=self-link href=#cross-dimension></a></dfn>.
<dt class=side>cross-start
<dt class=side>cross-end
<dd>
<a href=#flex-lines0>Flex lines</a> are filled with items and placed into the container
starting on the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=cross-start>cross-start<a class=self-link href=#cross-start></a></dfn> side of the flex container
and going toward the <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=cross-end>cross-end<a class=self-link href=#cross-end></a></dfn> side.
<dt class=size>cross size
<dt class=size>cross size property
<dd>
The width or height of a <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>,
whichever is in the <a href=#cross-dimension>cross dimension</a>,
is the item’s <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=cross-size>cross size<a class=self-link href=#cross-size></a></dfn>.
The <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=cross-size-property>cross size property<a class=self-link href=#cross-size-property></a></dfn> is
whichever of <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-width title=width>width</a> or <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-height title=height>height</a> that is in the <a href=#cross-dimension>cross dimension</a>.
</dl>
<h2 class="heading settled heading" data-level=3 id=flex-containers><span class=secno>3 </span><span class=content>
Flex Containers: the <a href=#display-flex><a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-flex>flex</a></a> and <a href=#display-inline-flex><a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-inline-flex>inline-flex</a></a> <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> values</span><a class=self-link href=#flex-containers></a></h2>
<table class=propdef><tr><th>Name:<td><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-type=property data-export="" id=propdef-display>display<a class=self-link href=#propdef-display></a></dfn><tr><th>New values:<td>flex | inline-flex</table>
<dl data-dfn-for=display data-dfn-type=value>
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=display data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-flex>flex<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-flex></a></dfn>
<dd>
This value causes an element to generate a block-level <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a> box.
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=display data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-inline-flex>inline-flex<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-inline-flex></a></dfn>
<dd>
This value causes an element to generate an inline-level <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a> box.
</dl>
<p>
A <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=flex-container>flex container<a class=self-link href=#flex-container></a></dfn> establishes a new <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=flex-formatting-context>flex formatting context<a class=self-link href=#flex-formatting-context></a></dfn> for its contents.
This is the same as establishing a block formatting context,
except that flex layout is used instead of block layout:
floats do not intrude into the flex container,
and the flex container’s margins do not collapse with the margins of its contents.
<a href=#flex-container>Flex containers</a> form a containing block for their contents
<a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#containing-block-details>exactly like block containers do</a>. <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>
The <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-overflow-3/#overflow title=overflow>overflow</a> property applies to <a href=#flex-container>flex containers</a>.
<p>
Flex containers are not block containers,
and so some properties that were designed with the assumption of block layout don’t apply in the context of flex layout.
In particular:
<p> <ul>
<li>
all of the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc title=column-*>column-*</a> properties in the Multicol module have no effect on a flex container.
<li>
<a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-float title=float>float</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-clear title=clear>clear</a> have no effect on a <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>.
(However, the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-float title=float>float</a> property still affects the computed value of <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> on children of a flex container,
as this occurs <em title="">before</em> <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> are determined.)
<li>
<a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-vertical-align title=vertical-align>vertical-align</a> has no effect on a flex item.
<li>
the <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>::first-line</span> and <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>::first-letter</span> pseudo-elements do not apply to <a href=#flex-container>flex containers</a>.
</ul>
<p>
If an element’s specified <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> is <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-inline-flex>inline-flex</a>
and the element is floated or absolutely positioned,
the computed value of <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> is <a href=#display-flex><a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-flex>flex</a></a>.
The table in <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo>CSS 2.1 Chapter 9.7</a> is thus amended
to contain an additional row,
with <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-inline-flex>inline-flex</a> in the "Specified Value" column
and <a href=#display-flex><a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-flex>flex</a></a> in the "Computed Value" column.
<h2 class="heading settled heading" data-level=4 id=flex-items><span class=secno>4 </span><span class=content>
Flex Items</span><a class=self-link href=#flex-items></a></h2>
<p>
The contents of a <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a> consists of zero or more <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-export="" id=flex-item title="flex item">flex items<a class=self-link href=#flex-item></a></dfn>:
each in-flow child of a <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a>
becomes a <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>,
and each contiguous run of text that is directly contained inside a <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a>
is wrapped in an anonymous <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>.
However, an anonymous flex item that contains only
<a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#white-space-prop>white space</a>
is not rendered, as if it were <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display:none</a>.
<p class=note>
Authors reading this spec may want to
<a href=#item-margins>skip past these box-generation details</a>.
<p>
A <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a> establishes a new formatting context for its contents.
The type of this formatting context is determined by its <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> value, as usual.
The computed <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> of a <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>
is determined by applying the table in
<a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#dis-pos-flo>CSS 2.1 Chapter 9.7</a>
(except that internal table elements are instead handled by anonymous box fixup, see below).
However, flex items are flex-level boxes, not block-level boxes:
they participate in their container’s flex formatting context,
not in a block formatting context.
<p class=note>
The <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> computation on flex items as defined here
is expected to be superseded by a future specification
that defines a new <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> value specific to flex items.
<div class=example>
<p>Examples of flex items:
<pre><div style="display:flex">
<!-- flex item: block child -->
<div id="item1">block</div>
<!-- flex item: floated element; floating is ignored -->
<div id="item2" style="float: left;">float</div>
<!-- flex item: anonymous block box around inline content -->
anonymous item 3
<!-- flex item: inline child -->
<span>
item 4
<!-- flex items do not split around blocks -->
<div id=not-an-item>item 4</div>
item 4
</span>
</div></pre>
</div>
<p>
Some values of <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-display title=display>display</a> trigger the generation of anonymous boxes.
For example, a misparented <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>table-cell</span> child is fixed up
by <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#anonymous-boxes>generating anonymous <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>table</span> and <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>table-row</span> elements</a> around it. <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>
This fixup must occur <em>before</em> a flex container’s children are promoted to <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a>.
For example, given two contiguous child elements with <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display:table-cell</a>,
an anonymous table wrapper box around them becomes the <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>.
<p class=note>
Future display types may generate anonymous containers (e.g. ruby) or otherwise mangle the box tree (e.g. run-ins).
It is intended that flex item determination run after these operations.
<p id=table-items>
On a flex item with <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display: table</a>, the table wrapper box becomes the <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>,
and the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-order title=order>order</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/#align-self title=align-self>align-self</a> properties apply to it.
The contents of any caption boxes contribute to the calculation of
the table wrapper box’s min-content and max-content sizes.
However, like <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-width title=width>width</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#propdef-height title=height>height</a>, the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex title=flex>flex</a> longhands apply to the table box as follows:
the <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>'s final size is calculated
by performing layout as if the distance between
the table wrapper box’s edges and the table box’s content edges
were all part of the table box’s border+padding area,
and the table box were the <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=4.1 id=abspos-items><span class=secno>4.1 </span><span class=content>
Absolutely-Positioned Flex Children</span><a class=self-link href=#abspos-items></a></h3>
<p> An absolutely-positioned child element of a <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a> does not participate in flex layout
beyond the <a href=#algo-flex-order>reordering step</a>.
<p> Its static position is calculated by first doing full flex layout without the absolutely-positioned elements,
then positioning each absolutely-positioned child as if it were the sole <a href=#flex-item>flex item</a>
in the <a href=#flex-container>flex container</a>,
assuming it was a fixed size box of its used size.
<p> For example, by default, the static position of absolutely positioned elements is in the main-start/column-start corner,
corresponding to the default values of <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/#justify-self title=justify-self>justify-self</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/#align-self title=align-self>align-self</a>.
Setting <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-align-3/#justify-self title=justify-self>justify-self:center</a>, however,
would center it in the main axis.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=4.2 id=item-margins><span class=secno>4.2 </span><span class=content>
Flex Item Margins and Paddings</span><a class=self-link href=#item-margins></a></h3>
<p>
The margins of adjacent <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> do not collapse.
Auto margins absorb extra space in the corresponding dimension and can be used for alignment
and to push adjacent flex items apart;
see <a href=#auto-margins>Aligning with <span class=css>auto</span> margins</a>.
<p>
Percentage margins and paddings on <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> are always resolved against their respective dimensions;
unlike blocks, they do not always resolve against the inline dimension of their containing block.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=4.3 id=painting><span class=secno>4.3 </span><span class=content>
Flex Item Z-Ordering</span><a class=self-link href=#painting></a></h3>
<p>
<a href=#flex-item>Flex items</a> paint exactly the same as inline blocks <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>,
except that <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-order title=order>order</a>-modified document order is used in place of raw document order,
and <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-z-index>’z-index'</a>
values other than <a class=css-code data-link-for=z-index data-link-type=value>auto</a> create a stacking context
even if <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-position-3/#position title=position>position</a> is <span class=css data-link-type=maybe>static</span>.
<p class=note>
Note: Descendants that are positioned outside a flex item still participate
in any stacking context established by the flex item.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=4.4 id=visibility-collapse><span class=secno>4.4 </span><span class=content>
Collapsed Items</span><a class=self-link href=#visibility-collapse></a></h3>
<p>
Specifying <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-visibility title=visibility>visibility:collapse</a> on a flex item
causes it to become a <dfn data-dfn-type=dfn data-noexport="" id=collapsed-flex-item title="collapsed flex item|collapsed">collapsed flex item<a class=self-link href=#collapsed-flex-item></a></dfn>,
producing an effect similar to <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-visibility title=visibility>visibility:collapse</a> on a table-row or table-column:
the collapsed element is removed from rendering entirely,
but leaves behind a "strut" that keeps the flex line’s cross-size stable.
Thus, if a flex container has only one flex line,
dynamically collapsing or uncollapsing items
is guaranteed to have no effect on the flex container’s <a href=#cross-size>cross size</a>
and won’t cause the rest of the page’s layout to "wobble".
Flex line wrapping <em>is</em> re-done after collapsing, however,
so the cross-size of a flex container with multiple lines might or might not change.
<p>
Though collapsed flex items aren’t rendered,
they do appear in the <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/intro.html#formatting-structure>formatting structure</a>.
Therefore, unlike on <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display:none</a> items <a data-biblio-type=normative data-link-type=biblio href=#css21 title=CSS21>[CSS21]</a>,
effects that depend on an element appearing in the formatting structure
(like incrementing counters or running animations and transitions)
still operate on collapsed items.
<div class=example>
<p>In the following example,
a sidebar is sized to fit its content.
<a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-visibility title=visibility>visibility: collapse</a> is used to dynamically hide parts of a navigation sidebar
without affecting its width, even though the widest item (“Architecture”)
is in a collapsed section.
</p><figure>
<figcaption>Sample rendering for example code below</figcaption>
<div id=visibility-collapse-example>
<!-- No, don’t look at this source code, look at the other source code. -->
<nav>
<ul>
<li id=nav-about><a class=self-link href=#nav-about></a><a href=#nav-about>About</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=#>History</a>
<li><a href=#>Mission</a>
<li><a href=#>People</a>
</ul>
<li id=nav-projects><a class=self-link href=#nav-projects></a><a href=#nav-projects>Projects</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=#>Art</a>
<li><a href=#>Architecture</a>
<li><a href=#>Music</a>
</ul>
<li id=nav-interact><a class=self-link href=#nav-interact></a><a href=#nav-interact>Interact</a>
<ul>
<li><a href=#>Blog</a>
<li><a href=#>Forums</a>
<li><a href=#>Events</a>
</ul>
</ul>
</nav>
<article>
Interesting Stuff to Read
</article>
</div>
</figure>
<pre> <style>
@media (min-width: 60em) {
/* <a href=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#width>two column layout only when enough room</a> (relative to default text size) */
header + div { display: flex; }
#main {
flex: 1; /* <a href=#flexibility>Main takes up all remaining space</a> */
order: 1; /* <a href=#order-property>Place it after (to the right of) the navigation</a> */
min-width: 12em; /* Optimize main content area sizing */
}
}
/* menu items use flex layout so that visibility:collapse will work */
nav > ul > li {
display: flex;
flex-flow: column;
}
/* dynamically collapse submenus when not targetted */
nav > ul > li:not(:target):not(:hover) > ul {
visibility: collapse;
}
</style>
…
</header>
<div>
<article id="main">
Interesting Stuff to Read
</article>
<nav>
<ul>
<li id="nav-about"><a href="#nav-about">About</a>
…
<li id="nav-projects"><a href="#nav-projects">Projects</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="…">Art</a>
<li><a href="…">Architecture</a>
<li><a href="…">Music</a>
</ul>
<li id="nav-interact"><a href="#nav-interact">Interact</a>
…
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
<footer>
…
</pre>
</div>
<p>
To compute the size of the strut, flex layout is first performed with all items uncollapsed,
and then re-run with each collapsed item replaced by a strut that maintains
the original cross-size of the item’s original line.
See the <a href=#layout-algorithm>Flex Layout Algorithm</a>
for the normative definition of how <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-visibility title=visibility>visibility:collapse</a>
interacts with flex layout.
<p class=note>
Note that using <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-visibility title=visibility>visibility:collapse</a> on any flex items
will cause the flex layout algorithm to repeat partway through,
re-running the most expensive steps.
It’s recommended that authors continue to use <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#propdef-display title=display>display:none</a> to hide items
if the items will not be dynamically collapsed and uncollapsed,
as that is more efficient for the layout engine.
(Since only part of the steps need to be repeated when <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-visibility title=visibility>visibility</a> is changed,
however, 'visibility: collapse' is still recommended for dynamic cases.)
<h2 class="heading settled heading" data-level=5 id=flow-order><span class=secno>5 </span><span class=content>
Ordering and Orientation</span><a class=self-link href=#flow-order></a></h2>
<p>
The contents of a flex container can be laid out in any direction and in any order.
This allows an author to trivially achieve effects that would previously have required complex or fragile methods,
such as hacks using the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-float title=float>float</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-clear title=clear>clear</a> properties.
This functionality is exposed through the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-direction title=flex-direction>flex-direction</a>, <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-wrap title=flex-wrap>flex-wrap</a>, and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-order title=order>order</a> properties.
<p class=note>
The reordering capabilities of flex layout intentionally affect
<em>only the visual rendering</em>,
leaving speech order and navigation based on the source order.
This allows authors to manipulate the visual presentation
while leaving the source order intact for non-CSS UAs and for
linear models such as speech and sequential navigation.
See <a href=#order-accessibility>Reordering and Accessibility</a>
and the <a href=#overview>Flex Layout Overview</a> for examples
that use this dichotomy to improve accessibility.
<p>
Authors <em>must not</em> use these techniques as a substitute for correct source ordering,
as that can ruin the accessibility of the document.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=5.1 id=flex-direction-property><span class=secno>5.1 </span><span class=content>
Flex Flow Direction: the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-direction title=flex-direction>flex-direction</a> property</span><a class=self-link href=#flex-direction-property></a></h3>
<table class=propdef><tr><th>Name:<td><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-type=property data-export="" id=propdef-flex-direction>flex-direction<a class=self-link href=#propdef-flex-direction></a></dfn><tr><th>Value:<td>row | row-reverse | column | column-reverse<tr><th>Initial:<td>row<tr><th>Applies to:<td><a href=#flex-container>flex containers</a><tr><th>Inherited:<td>no<tr><th>Media:<td>visual<tr><th>Computed value:<td>specified value</table>
<p>
The <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-direction title=flex-direction>flex-direction</a> property specifies how <a href=#flex-item>flex items</a> are placed in the flex container,
by setting the direction of the flex container’s <a href=#main-axis>main axis</a>.
This determines the direction that flex items are laid out in.
<dl data-dfn-for=flex-direction data-dfn-type=value>
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-direction data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-row>row<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-row></a></dfn>
<dd>
The flex container’s <a href=#main-axis>main axis</a> has the same orientation as the
<a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#inline-axis>inline axis</a>
of the current <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode0>writing mode</a>.
The <a href=#main-start>main-start</a> and <a href=#main-end>main-end</a> directions are equivalent to the
<a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#inline-start>inline-start</a> and
<a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#inline-end>inline-end</a> directions, respectively,
of the current <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode0>writing mode</a>.
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-direction data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-row-reverse>row-reverse<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-row-reverse></a></dfn>
<dd>
Same as <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-row>row</a>,
except the <a href=#main-start>main-start</a> and <a href=#main-end>main-end</a> directions are swapped.
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-direction data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-column>column<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-column></a></dfn>
<dd>
The flex container’s <a href=#main-axis>main axis</a> has the same orientation as the
<a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#block-axis>block axis</a>
of the current <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode0>writing mode</a>.
The <a href=#main-start>main-start</a> and <a href=#main-end>main-end</a> directions are equivalent to the
<a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#block-start>block-start</a> and
<a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#block-end>block-end</a> directions, respectively,
of the current <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode0>writing mode</a>.
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-direction data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-column-reverse>column-reverse<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-column-reverse></a></dfn>
<dd>
Same as <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-column>column</a>,
except the <a href=#main-start>main-start</a> and <a href=#main-end>main-end</a> directions are swapped.
</dl>
<p class=note>
The reverse values do not reverse box ordering;
like <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#propdef-writing-mode title=writing-mode>writing-mode</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#propdef-direction title=direction>direction</a> <a data-biblio-type=informative data-link-type=biblio href=#css3-writing-modes title=CSS3-WRITING-MODES>[CSS3-WRITING-MODES]</a>,
they only change the direction of flow.
Painting order, speech order, and sequential navigation orders
are not affected.
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=5.2 id=flex-wrap-property><span class=secno>5.2 </span><span class=content>
Flex Line Wrapping: the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-wrap title=flex-wrap>flex-wrap</a> property</span><a class=self-link href=#flex-wrap-property></a></h3>
<table class=propdef><tr><th>Name:<td><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-type=property data-export="" id=propdef-flex-wrap>flex-wrap<a class=self-link href=#propdef-flex-wrap></a></dfn><tr><th>Value:<td>nowrap | wrap | wrap-reverse<tr><th>Initial:<td>nowrap<tr><th>Applies to:<td><a href=#flex-container>flex containers</a><tr><th>Inherited:<td>no<tr><th>Media:<td>visual<tr><th>Computed value:<td>specified value</table>
<p>
The <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-wrap title=flex-wrap>flex-wrap</a> property controls whether the flex container is <a href=#single-line>single-line</a> or <a href=#multi-line>multi-line</a>,
and the direction of the <a href=#cross-axis>cross-axis</a>,
which determines the direction new lines are stacked in.
<dl data-dfn-for=flex-wrap data-dfn-type=value>
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-wrap data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-nowrap>nowrap<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-nowrap></a></dfn>
<dd>
The flex container is <a href=#single-line>single-line</a>.
The <a href=#cross-start>cross-start</a> direction is equivalent to either
the <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#inline-start>inline-start</a>
or <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#block-start>block-start</a>
direction of the current <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode0>writing mode</a>,
whichever is in the <a href=#cross-axis>cross axis</a>,
and the <a href=#cross-end>cross-end</a> direction is the opposite direction of <a href=#cross-start>cross-start</a>.
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-wrap data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-wrap>wrap<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-wrap></a></dfn>
<dd>
The flex container is <a href=#multi-line>multi-line</a>.
The <a href=#cross-start>cross-start</a> direction is equivalent to either
the <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#inline-start>inline-start</a>
or <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#block-start>block-start</a>
direction of the current <a href=http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode0>writing mode</a>,
whichever is in the <a href=#cross-axis>cross axis</a>,
and the <a href=#cross-end>cross-end</a> direction is the opposite direction of <a href=#cross-start>cross-start</a>.
<dt><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-for=flex-wrap data-dfn-type=value data-export="" id=valuedef-wrap-reverse>wrap-reverse<a class=self-link href=#valuedef-wrap-reverse></a></dfn>
<dd>
Same as <a class=css data-link-type=maybe href=#valuedef-wrap>wrap</a>,
except the <a href=#cross-start>cross-start</a> and <a href=#cross-end>cross-end</a> directions are swapped.
</dl>
<h3 class="heading settled heading" data-level=5.3 id=flex-flow-property><span class=secno>5.3 </span><span class=content>
Flex Direction and Wrap: the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-flow title=flex-flow>flex-flow</a> shorthand</span><a class=self-link href=#flex-flow-property></a></h3>
<table class=propdef><tr><th>Name:<td><dfn class=css-code data-dfn-type=property data-export="" id=propdef-flex-flow>flex-flow<a class=self-link href=#propdef-flex-flow></a></dfn><tr><th>Value:<td><<a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-direction title=flex-direction>flex-direction</a>> || <<a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-wrap title=flex-wrap>flex-wrap</a>><tr><th>Initial:<td>see individual properties<tr><th>Applies to:<td><a href=#flex-container>flex containers</a><tr><th>Inherited:<td>see individual properties<tr><th>Media:<td>visual<tr><th>Computed value:<td>see individual properties</table>
<p>The <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-flow title=flex-flow>flex-flow</a> property is a shorthand for setting the <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-direction title=flex-direction>flex-direction</a> and <a class=property data-link-type=propdesc href=#propdef-flex-wrap title=flex-wrap>flex-wrap</a> properties,
which together define the flex container’s main and cross axes.
<div class=example>
<p>Some examples of valid flows in an English (left-to-right, horizontal writing mode) document:
<table style="margin: 0 auto; vertical-align: middle; border-spacing: 2em 1em;">
<tr>
<td><pre>
div { flex-flow: row; }
/* Initial value. Main-axis is