{"id":21202,"date":"2013-04-18T03:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T10:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?page_id=21202"},"modified":"2021-08-04T07:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:56:47","slug":"flex-grow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/f\/flex-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"flex-grow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <code>flex-grow<\/code> property is a sub-property of the <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//snippets//css//a-guide-to-flexbox///">Flexible Box Layout module<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It defines the ability for a flex item to grow if necessary. It accepts a unitless value that serves as a proportion. It dictates what amount of the available space inside the flex container the item should take up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre rel=\"CSS\" class=\"wp-block-csstricks-code-block language-css\" data-line=\"\"><code markup=\"tt\">.element {\n  flex-grow: 2;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if all items have <code>flex-grow<\/code> set to 1, every child will set to an equal size inside the container. If you were to give one of the children a value of 2, that child would take up twice as much space as the others.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"syntax\">Syntax<\/h3>\n\n\n<pre rel=\"CSS\" class=\"wp-block-csstricks-code-block language-css\" data-line=\"\"><code markup=\"tt\">flex-grow: &lt;number><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"demo\">Demo<\/h3>\n\n\n<p>The following demo shows how the remaining space is being calculated according to the different values of <code>flex-grow<\/code> (see on CodePen for better understanding).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-codepen-gutenberg-embed-block cp_embed_wrapper\"><iframe id=\"cp_embed_9a9ad8fb040f5efaf4e749b49cae7281\" src=https://css-tricks.com/"////codepen.io//anon//embed//9a9ad8fb040f5efaf4e749b49cae7281?height=450&amp;theme-id=1&amp;slug-hash=9a9ad8fb040f5efaf4e749b49cae7281&amp;default-tab=result\%22 height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allowpaymentrequest name=\"CodePen Embed 9a9ad8fb040f5efaf4e749b49cae7281\" title=\"CodePen Embed 9a9ad8fb040f5efaf4e749b49cae7281\" class=\"cp_embed_iframe\" style=\"width:100%;overflow:hidden\">CodePen Embed Fallback<\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All items have a <code>flex-grow<\/code> value of 1 except the 3rd one which has a <code>flex-grow<\/code> value of 2. It means when the available space is distributed, the 3rd flex-item will have twice as much space as others.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"browser-support\">Browser support<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ticss-2969c85c\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">IE<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Edge<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Firefox<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chrome<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Safari<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Opera<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10 <sup>1<\/sup><br>11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22-28 <sup>2<\/sup><br>29+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7-8 <sup>2<\/sup><br>9+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12.1+<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ticss-2969c85c\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">iOS<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Chrome Android<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Firefox Android<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Opera Mobile<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7-8.4 <sup>2<\/sup><br>9+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22-28 <sup>2<\/sup><br>29+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">90+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">92+<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><abbr title=\"Technology Preview\">12.1+<\/abbr><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Source: <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////caniuse.com//mdn-css_properties_flex-grow/" rel=\"noopener\">caniuse<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><sup>1<\/sup> Uses the non-standard name <code>-ms-flex-positive<\/code><\/li><li><sup>2<\/sup> Supported with prefix <code>-webkit-<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackberry browser 10+ supports the new syntax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more informations about how to mix syntaxes in order to get the best browser support, please refer to <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//using-flexbox///">&#8220;Using Flexbox&#8221;<\/a> or <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"http:////dev.opera.com//articles//view//advanced-cross-browser-flexbox//#fallbacks\" rel=\"noopener\">this article from DevOpera<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"more-information\">More information<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=https://css-tricks.com/"http:////www.w3.org//TR//css3-flexbox//#flex-grow\" rel=\"noopener\">flex-grow in the spec<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////developer.mozilla.org//en-US//docs//CSS//flex-grow/" rel=\"noopener\">flex-grow at MDN<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://css-tricks.com/"http:////dev.opera.com//articles//view//advanced-cross-browser-flexbox//#fallbacks\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced cross-browser flexbox<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//snippets//css//a-guide-to-flexbox///">A guide to Flexbox<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n    \t\t\n    <div class=\"in-article-cards\">\n      <article class=\"in-article-card articles\" id=\"mini-post-21202\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2020-11-10\" title=\"Originally published Apr 18, 2013\">\n    <strong>\n                \n        Article\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Oct 18, 2022  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//understanding-flex-grow-flex-shrink-and-flex-basis///">\n      Understanding flex-grow, flex-shrink, and flex-basis    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n  \n      <div class=\"tags\">\n      <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//tag//flex-grow///" rel=\"tag\">flex-grow<\/a> <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//tag//flexbox///" rel=\"tag\">flexbox<\/a>    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//robinrendle///" aria-label=\"Author page of Robin Rendle\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo avatar-default\" height=\"80\" 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