Marusya's School Notes

CSS3 Flexbox: Flex-Direction: Row-Reverse

The flex-direction property specifies the direction of the flexible items inside the flex container. The default value of flex-direction is row (left-to-right, top-to-bottom). The following example shows the result of using the row-reverse value:

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<style> .flex-container { display: -webkit-flex; display: flex; -webkit-flex-direction: row-reverse; flex-direction: row-reverse; width: 400px; height: 250px; background-color: lightgrey; } .flex-item { background-color: cornflowerblue; width: 100px; height: 100px; margin: 10px; } </style> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div class="flex-item">flex item 1</div> <div class="flex-item">flex item 2</div> <div class="flex-item">flex item 3</div> </div> <p>The flex items are rendered in reverse with Item 1 at the right.</p> </body>	flex item 1 flex item 2 flex item 3 The flex items are rendered in reverse with Item 1 at the right.

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<body>
<div class="flex-container">
    <div class="flex-item">flex item 1</div>
    <div class="flex-item">flex item 2</div>
    <div class="flex-item">flex item 3</div>
</div>
<p>The flex items are rendered in reverse with Item 1 at the right.</p>
</body>

flex item 1

flex item 2

flex item 3

The flex items are rendered in reverse with Item 1 at the right.

With the way we used this flex-direction: row-reverse; property, only the contents of the flex-container are affected. On the previous page, when we had applied the right-to-left directional change, the container was also affected.