Different Flexbox layouts with media queries
As the name suggests, Flexbox is inherently flexible, so how about we go for a column list of items at smaller viewports and a row style layout when space allows? It's a piece of cake with Flexbox. In fact, we have already used that technique in the last chapter. Do you remember the header of the https://rwd.education website we started?
Here is the relevant section again:
.rwd-MastHead {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
@media (min-width: 1200px) {
.rwd-MastHead {
flex-direction: row;
justify-content: space-between;
max-width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
}
At the outset, we set the content to flow in a column down the page, with the logo and navigation links one below the other. Then, at a minimum width of 1200px, we make those elements display as a row, one at either side. The space between them is provided by the justify-content
property. We will look at this in more detail very...