flex-flow

The flex-flow CSS property is a shorthand property for flex-direction and flex-wrap individual properties.

Initial value	as each of the properties of the shorthand: flex-direction: row flex-wrap: nowrap
Applies to	flex containers
Inherited	no
Media	visual
Computed value	as each of the properties of the shorthand: flex-direction: as specified flex-wrap: as specified
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	order of appearance in the formal grammar of the values

See Using CSS flexible boxes for more properties and information.

Syntax

/* 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: unset;

Values

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

Formal syntax

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

Examples

element { 
  /* Main-axis is the block direction with reversed main-start and main-end. Flex items are laid out in multiple lines */
  flex-flow: column-reverse wrap;            
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Flexible Box Layout Module The definition of 'flex-flow' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

[1] In addition to the unprefixed support, Gecko 48.0 (Firefox 48.0 / Thunderbird 48.0 / SeaMonkey 2.45) added support for a -webkit prefixed version of the property for web compatibility reasons behind the preference layout.css.prefixes.webkit, defaulting to false. Since Gecko 49.0 (Firefox 49.0 / Thunderbird 49.0 / SeaMonkey 2.46) the preference defaults to true.

See also

• Using CSS flexible boxes