Designing layouts using flexbox
Flexbox is a popular CSS pattern that is concerned with the layout of items in a container. It helps us to align and distribute elements inside a container efficiently and responsively. The container can dynamically adapt to the size of its elements accordingly in the best way. It can expand to fill the available space or collapse to prevent overflow.
The flexbox API contains various CSS properties that we can use to define the layout of our application. Some of the most important ones are as follows:
display
: Sets its value toflex
to indicate that we want to use flexbox.flex-direction
: Defines how items are placed inside the container.flex-grow
: Indicates that an item can grow if necessary.flex-shrink
: Opposite toflex-grow
; indicates that an item can shrink if necessary.flex-wrap
: Indicates that items will not try to fit in just one line, but instead will wrap to accommodate all space.justify-content
: Indicates...