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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Flexbox Layout Flexbox Columns

Christina Giannouli
Christina Giannouli
18,202 Points
Posted by Christina Giannouli
Christina Giannouli
18,202 Points

flex and flex-grow

In previous video we equally distributed nav li items using flex-grow:1, but in this video Guil used the flex:1 property to equally align columns. What is the difference between them?

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

I think the higher the number the bigger the size of the flex item. So 2 would double the size.

Christina Giannouli
Christina Giannouli
18,202 Points
Christina Giannouli
Christina Giannouli
18,202 Points

Hello Jonathan,

Thank you for your answer. Maybe I didn't formulate my question properly. My query is about the difference between flex and flex-grow css properties not their values.