flexbox

English

Alternative forms

• flex box, flex-box

Etymology

Shortening of flexible box.

Noun

flexbox (countable and uncountable, plural flexboxes)

1. (web development, uncountable) A CSS3 layout model that allows elements on a web page to be arranged in certain ways within a one-dimensional container.

   Internet Explorer 9 does not support flexbox.

2. (web development, countable) An HTML element that uses this model.
   • 2012, Sergey Mavrody, Nika Mavrody, Sergey's HTML5 & CSS3: Quick Reference, page 112:

     The contents of a flexbox can be positioned in any direction, can have their order swapped dynamically, and can auto-adjust their sizes and positions based on available space.

   • 2013, Jeremy Foster, CSS for Windows 8 App Development, page 161:

     There's still quite a bit of tumult in the standards recommendations and implementations for flexboxes, but IE10 and Windows 8 has a good, solid implementation of this extremely helpful layout technique.

   • 2014, Andy Harris, HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies:

     You can nest flexboxes inside each other.

See also

• responsive