I have a flexbox container that will contain 5 or 6 items. flex-direction of the container will be set to row. What I want is to distribute those items like this: The first item should be the first column, the second item should be the second column, and the rest 2 or 3 items should altogether be the third column, much like a grid configuration.
Unfortunately I can’t alter the HTML markup to add additional containers that will help me. It has to be done purely in CSS (if it can be achieved).
I played around a bit in a Flex generator, and this is the closest I went (which isn’t even close)…
.flex-container {
display: flex;
justify-content: flex-end;
/* flex-flow: row wrap; */
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: wrap;
background-color: #bbdefb;
height: 100%;
padding: 15px;
gap: 5px;
}
.flex-container > div{
background: #ffecb3;
border: 3px solid #ffcc80;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 8px;
}
.item1 {
/* flex:0 1 32%; */
flex-basis:32%;
align-self:auto;
}
.item2 {
/* flex:0 1 32%; */
flex-basis:32%;
align-self:auto;
}
.item3 {
/* flex:0 1 32%; */
flex-basis:32%;
align-self:flex-start;
}
.item4 {
/* flex:0 1 32%; */
flex-basis:32%;
align-self:flex-start;
}
.item5 {
/* flex:0 1 32%; */
flex-basis:32%;
align-self:flex-start;
}<div class="flex-container">
<div class="item1">item 1</div>
<div class="item2">item 2</div>
<div class="item3">item 3</div>
<div class="item4">item 4</div>
<div class="item5">item 5</div>
</div>Can someone please help me figure this out?
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You could use CSS grid and place all children after the first two in the third column.
.item {
background: #ffecb3;
border: 3px solid #ffcc80;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 8px;
}
.container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
gap: 5px;
background-color: #bbdefb;
padding: 15px;
}
.container > .item:nth-child(n + 3) {
grid-column: 3;
}<div class="container">
<div class="item">
Item 1
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 2
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 3
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 4
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 5
</div>
</div>9
CSS-Grid with grid-auto-flow: column seems to do the trick
.item {
background: #ffecb3;
border: 3px solid #ffcc80;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 8px;
align-self: start;
}
.container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
grid-auto-flow: column;
gap: 5px;
background-color: #bbdefb;
padding: 15px;
}
.item:nth-child(2) {
grid-column: 2;
height:40px;
}
.container > .item:nth-child(n + 3) {
grid-column: 3;
height: 60px;
}<div class="container">
<div class="item">
Item 1
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 2
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 3
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 4
</div>
<div class="item">
Item 5
</div>
</div>2
You could have a 3 column, 3 row grid.
The first two items take up all 3 rows.
The items in the 3rd column take up one row each, and the rows are sized with the first 2 auto (ie whatever space is needed) and the last one 1fr (ie the remaining space).
<style>
.container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
grid-template-rows: auto auto 1fr;
background-color: black;
color: white;
height: 100%;
padding: 15px;
}
.container>div {
border: 3px solid #ffcc80;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 8px;
height: fit-content;
}
ul {
list-style: none;
}
.item1 {
grid-column: 1;
grid-row: 1 / span 3;
}
.item2 {
grid-column: 2;
grid-row: 1 / span 3;
}
.item3 {
grid-column: 3;
grid-row: 1;
}
.item4 {
grid-column: 3;
grid-row: 2;
}
.item5 {
grid-column: 3;
grid-row: 3;
height: fit-content;
}
h3 {
color: red;
}
h3,
ul,
li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
</style>
<div class="container">
<div class="item1">A1<br>A1<br>A1<br>A1<br>A1<br>A1<br>A1<br>A1<br>Q2<br>Q2<br>Q2<br>Q2<br>Q2<br>Q2<br>Q2<br>R8<br>TTS<br></div>
<div class="item2">item 2</div>
<div class="item3">
<h3>Hybrid Gasoline</h3>
<ul>
<li>Audi</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="item4">
<h3>Gasoline</h3>
<ul>
<li>Audi</li>
<li>Audi</li>
<li>Audi</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="item5">
<h3>Diesel</h3>
<ul>
<li>Audi</li>
<li>Audi</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>