CSS Flexbox Generator

CSS Flexbox (Flexible Box Layout) is a powerful layout system that makes designing responsive layouts much easier. It provides a more efficient way to lay out, align, and distribute space among items in a container, even when their size is unknown or dynamic.

The Flexbox model consists of two main components:

• Flex Container - The parent element that has display: flex applied to it
• Flex Items - The direct children of the flex container

Flexbox is particularly useful for:

• Creating navigation menus and toolbars
• Centering elements vertically and horizontally
• Creating card layouts with equal heights
• Building responsive form layouts
• Distributing space between items

Flex Container Properties

• display: Sets the element as a flex container (flex or inline-flex)
• flex-direction: Defines the direction of the main axis (row, row-reverse, column, column-reverse)
• flex-wrap: Controls whether items wrap to multiple lines (nowrap, wrap, wrap-reverse)
• justify-content: Aligns items along the main axis (flex-start, flex-end, center, space-between, space-around, space-evenly)
• align-items: Aligns items along the cross axis (flex-start, flex-end, center, baseline, stretch)
• align-content: Distributes space between lines (flex-start, flex-end, center, space-between, space-around, stretch)
• gap: Sets spacing between flex items (row-gap, column-gap)

Flex Item Properties

• order: Controls the order of items (default: 0)
• flex-grow: Determines how much an item can grow (default: 0)
• flex-shrink: Determines how much an item can shrink (default: 1)
• flex-basis: Sets the initial main size of an item (default: auto)
• flex: Shorthand for flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis
• align-self: Overrides the container's align-items for specific items