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: rgb(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
.container { flex-flow: column-reverse wrap; }

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

See also