flex-flow

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2015.

The flex-flow CSS shorthand property specifies the direction of a flex container, as well as its wrapping behavior.

Try it

flex-flow: row wrap;

flex-flow: row-reverse nowrap;

flex-flow: column wrap-reverse;

flex-flow: column wrap;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    <div>Item One</div>
    <div>Item Two</div>
    <div>Item Three</div>
    <div>Item Four</div>
    <div>Item Five</div>
    <div>Item Six</div>
  </div>
</section>

#example-element {
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
  width: 80%;
  max-height: 300px;
  display: flex;
}

#example-element > div {
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.2);
  border: 3px solid blue;
  width: 60px;
  margin: 10px;
}

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

css
/* flex-flow: <'flex-direction'> */
flex-flow: row;
flex-flow: row-reverse;
flex-flow: column;
flex-flow: column-reverse;

/* flex-flow: <'flex-wrap'> */
flex-flow: nowrap;
flex-flow: wrap;
flex-flow: wrap-reverse;

/* flex-flow: <'flex-direction'> and <'flex-wrap'> */
flex-flow: row nowrap;
flex-flow: column wrap;
flex-flow: column-reverse wrap-reverse;

/* Global values */
flex-flow: inherit;
flex-flow: initial;
flex-flow: revert;
flex-flow: revert-layer;
flex-flow: unset;

Values

See flex-direction and flex-wrap for details on the values.

Formal definition

Initial valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:
Applies toflex containers
Inheritedno
Computed valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:
Animation typeas each of the properties of the shorthand:

Formal syntax

flex-flow = 
  <'flex-direction'>  ||
  <'flex-wrap'>       

<flex-direction> = 
  row             |
  row-reverse     |
  column          |
  column-reverse  

<flex-wrap> = 
  nowrap        |
  wrap          |
  wrap-reverse

Examples

Setting column-reverse and wrap

In this example, the main-axis is the block direction with a reversed main-start and main-end. The flex items are allowed to wrap, creating new lines if needed.

css
element {
  flex-flow: column-reverse wrap;
}

Specifications

Specification
CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1
# flex-flow-property

Browser compatibility

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See also