CSS flex-wrap

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Published Jul 23, 2021Updated Sep 3, 2021
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A property that specifies if elements will occupy multiple lines and the direction in which the items are distributed.

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Syntax

#element-container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: <wrap-value>;
}

The <wrap-value> can be one of three options:

  • wrap
  • nowrap
  • wrap-reverse

Example 1

Content that does not utilize multiple lines:

#spam-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
}

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